crawler-transporter
E177027
The crawler-transporter is a massive tracked vehicle used by NASA to carry rockets and spacecraft between assembly buildings and launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| crawler-transporter canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1565576 — 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: crawler-transporter Context triple: [Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B, servedBy, crawler-transporter]
-
A.
Iron Browser
Iron Browser is a Chromium-based web browser focused on enhancing user privacy and security by stripping out many of Google Chrome’s tracking and data-collection features.
-
B.
Cent Browser
Cent Browser is a Chromium-based web browser for Windows that offers enhanced privacy, customization, and productivity features beyond the standard Chrome experience.
-
C.
Para Transpo
Para Transpo is Ottawa’s specialized door-to-door public transit service providing accessible transportation for people with disabilities who cannot use conventional buses.
-
D.
Colibri Browser
Colibri Browser is a minimalist web browser focused on speed and simplicity, built on the Blink rendering engine.
-
E.
Torch Browser
Torch Browser is a Chromium-based web browser known for its built-in media downloading, torrent management, and social media integration features.
- 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: crawler-transporter Target entity description: The crawler-transporter is a massive tracked vehicle used by NASA to carry rockets and spacecraft between assembly buildings and launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center.
-
A.
Iron Browser
Iron Browser is a Chromium-based web browser focused on enhancing user privacy and security by stripping out many of Google Chrome’s tracking and data-collection features.
-
B.
Cent Browser
Cent Browser is a Chromium-based web browser for Windows that offers enhanced privacy, customization, and productivity features beyond the standard Chrome experience.
-
C.
Para Transpo
Para Transpo is Ottawa’s specialized door-to-door public transit service providing accessible transportation for people with disabilities who cannot use conventional buses.
-
D.
Colibri Browser
Colibri Browser is a minimalist web browser focused on speed and simplicity, built on the Blink rendering engine.
-
E.
Torch Browser
Torch Browser is a Chromium-based web browser known for its built-in media downloading, torrent management, and social media integration features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA ground support equipment
ⓘ
space launch support vehicle ⓘ tracked vehicle ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | up to 30 people ⓘ |
| designation |
Crawler-Transporter 2
ⓘ
surface form:
Crawler-Transporter 1
Crawler-Transporter 2 ⓘ |
| fuelType | diesel fuel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
control cab
ⓘ
crawler tracks ⓘ diesel engines ⓘ electric generators ⓘ jacking, equalization and leveling system ⓘ onboard cranes and support equipment ⓘ |
| heightAdjustableRange | about 6 to 8 meters ⓘ |
| length | about 40 meters ⓘ |
| location | Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Marion Steam Shovel Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Marion Power Shovel Company
|
| mass | approximately 2700 metric tons ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
among the largest self-powered land vehicles in the world
ⓘ
can precisely level heavy launch vehicles during transport ⓘ |
| numberOfUnits | 2 ⓘ |
| operatingSite |
KSC LC-39A
ⓘ
surface form:
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
surface form:
Launch Pad 39B
Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Launch Complex 39
ⓘ
surface form:
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 infrastructure
|
| propulsionType | diesel-electric drive ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1965 ⓘ |
| speedLoaded | about 1 mile per hour ⓘ |
| speedUnloaded | about 2 miles per hour ⓘ |
| trackType | caterpillar tracks ⓘ |
| usedFor |
moving vehicles from Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pads
ⓘ
moving vehicles from launch pads back to assembly facilities ⓘ transporting launch vehicles ⓘ transporting mobile launcher platforms ⓘ transporting rockets ⓘ transporting spacecraft ⓘ |
| usedForMission |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ Artemis program ⓘ SLS launches ⓘ Skylab program ⓘ NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| usedForVehicle |
Saturn IB
ⓘ
Saturn V ⓘ Space Launch System ⓘ Space Shuttle stack ⓘ |
| width | about 35 meters ⓘ |
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: crawler-transporter Description of subject: The crawler-transporter is a massive tracked vehicle used by NASA to carry rockets and spacecraft between assembly buildings and launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.