Apollo 4
E141608
Apollo 4 was an uncrewed 1967 test flight that marked the first launch of NASA’s Saturn V rocket, validating the vehicle for subsequent Apollo lunar missions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollo 4 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1116679 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apollo 4 Context triple: [Saturn V, firstFlightMission, Apollo 4]
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A.
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was NASA’s 1968 Earth-orbiting test mission that successfully proved the redesigned Apollo spacecraft’s systems and paved the way for subsequent lunar missions.
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B.
Apollo 1
Apollo 1 was the first crewed Apollo mission, tragically remembered for the 1967 launch pad fire that killed its three astronauts and led to major safety overhauls in NASA’s space program.
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C.
Apollo 14
Apollo 14 was NASA’s 1971 crewed mission that successfully returned astronauts to the Moon, notable for precision lunar landing and extensive surface exploration following the Apollo 13 accident.
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D.
Apollo 12
Apollo 12 was NASA’s second crewed mission to land humans on the Moon, notable for its precise landing near the Surveyor 3 probe in November 1969.
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E.
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the 1968 NASA mission that first carried humans into orbit around the Moon, marking a pivotal milestone in the space race and lunar exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apollo 4 Target entity description: Apollo 4 was an uncrewed 1967 test flight that marked the first launch of NASA’s Saturn V rocket, validating the vehicle for subsequent Apollo lunar missions.
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A.
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was NASA’s 1968 Earth-orbiting test mission that successfully proved the redesigned Apollo spacecraft’s systems and paved the way for subsequent lunar missions.
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B.
Apollo 1
Apollo 1 was the first crewed Apollo mission, tragically remembered for the 1967 launch pad fire that killed its three astronauts and led to major safety overhauls in NASA’s space program.
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C.
Apollo 14
Apollo 14 was NASA’s 1971 crewed mission that successfully returned astronauts to the Moon, notable for precision lunar landing and extensive surface exploration following the Apollo 13 accident.
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D.
Apollo 12
Apollo 12 was NASA’s second crewed mission to land humans on the Moon, notable for its precise landing near the Surveyor 3 probe in November 1969.
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E.
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the 1968 NASA mission that first carried humans into orbit around the Moon, marking a pivotal milestone in the space race and lunar exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo mission
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test flight ⓘ uncrewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| apogee | approx. 18,092 km ⓘ |
| commandModuleSerialNumber | CM-017 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | none ⓘ |
| followedBy | Apollo 5 ⓘ |
| inclination | approx. 32.6 degrees ⓘ |
| isUncrewed | true ⓘ |
| launchAgency |
Marshall Space Flight Center
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
|
| launchContractor |
Boeing (first stage)
ⓘ
Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
surface form:
Douglas Aircraft Company (third stage)
North American Aviation ⓘ
surface form:
North American Aviation (second stage)
|
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchDate | 1967-11-09 ⓘ |
| launchLocation | Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
ⓘ
LC-39A ⓘ |
| launchState | Florida ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn V ⓘ |
| launchVehicleVariant |
Saturn V
ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn V SA-501
|
| launchYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 08:36:59 ⓘ |
| missionDurationHours | 8.62 ⓘ |
| missionType |
Saturn V test flight
ⓘ
uncrewed test of Apollo spacecraft and launch vehicle ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 3 ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| perigee | approx. 181 km ⓘ |
| precededBy | AS-203 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
demonstrate compatibility of Saturn V and Apollo spacecraft
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qualify Saturn V launch vehicle ⓘ test structural and thermal integrity of Apollo spacecraft ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program ⓘ |
| reentryObjective | test Apollo heat shield at lunar-return velocity ⓘ |
| reentryType | high-speed lunar-return-simulated reentry ⓘ |
| result | success ⓘ |
| rocketUsed | Saturn V ⓘ |
| saturnVSerialNumber | SA-501 ⓘ |
| secondaryObjective |
obtain engineering data on launch vehicle performance
ⓘ
test guidance and control systems of Saturn V ⓘ |
| serviceModuleSerialNumber | SM-017 ⓘ |
| significance |
first launch of Saturn V
ⓘ
validated Saturn V for subsequent Apollo lunar missions ⓘ |
| spacecraftManufacturer | North American Aviation ⓘ |
| spacecraftModule |
Command Module 017
ⓘ
Service Module 017 ⓘ |
| spacecraftType |
Apollo command and service module
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo Command and Service Module
|
| status | completed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Apollo 4 Description of subject: Apollo 4 was an uncrewed 1967 test flight that marked the first launch of NASA’s Saturn V rocket, validating the vehicle for subsequent Apollo lunar missions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.