Apollo 9
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Apollo 9 was a 1969 crewed Earth-orbital mission in NASA’s Apollo program that tested the Lunar Module and key systems needed for the subsequent Moon landings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollo 9 canonical | 13 |
| Apollo 9 (support crew) | 1 |
| James A. McDivitt commanded Apollo 9 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2268234 — 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 9 Context triple: [Apollo command and service module, usedInMission, Apollo 9]
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A.
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 was a 1969 NASA mission that served as a full dress rehearsal for the first Moon landing, testing all lunar operations except the actual touchdown.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Gemini 12
Gemini 12 was the final crewed mission of NASA’s Gemini program, notable for successfully advancing spacewalk techniques and rendezvous/docking procedures that paved the way for Apollo lunar missions.
- 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 9 Target entity description: Apollo 9 was a 1969 crewed Earth-orbital mission in NASA’s Apollo program that tested the Lunar Module and key systems needed for the subsequent Moon landings.
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A.
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 was a 1969 NASA mission that served as a full dress rehearsal for the first Moon landing, testing all lunar operations except the actual touchdown.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Gemini 12
Gemini 12 was the final crewed mission of NASA’s Gemini program, notable for successfully advancing spacewalk techniques and rendezvous/docking procedures that paved the way for Apollo lunar missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA Apollo program mission
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crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| apoapsis | approximately 497 km ⓘ |
| commander | James McDivitt ⓘ |
| commandModuleName | Gumdrop ⓘ |
| commandModulePilot | David Scott ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCallsign |
Gumdrop for Command Module
ⓘ
Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ
surface form:
Spider for Lunar Module
|
| crewMember |
David Scott
ⓘ
James McDivitt ⓘ Rusty Schweickart ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| EVA | spacewalk by Rusty Schweickart ⓘ |
| EVAObjective | test of Apollo A7L spacesuit and Portable Life Support System ⓘ |
| followedBy | Apollo 10 ⓘ |
| inclination | about 32.6 degrees ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1969-03-13 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1969-03-03 ⓘ |
| launchMass | about 45,000 kg for the Command and Service Module ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn V ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| lunarModuleMass | about 14,700 kg ⓘ |
| lunarModuleName | Spider ⓘ |
| lunarModulePilot | Rusty Schweickart ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 10 days 1 hour 54 seconds ⓘ |
| missionPatchDesigner | Allen Stevens ⓘ |
| missionType |
Earth-orbital test flight
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crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 151 ⓘ |
| periapsis | approximately 190 km ⓘ |
| precededBy | Apollo 8 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
test of Apollo spacecraft systems for Moon landings
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test of Lunar Module in Earth orbit ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program ⓘ |
| recoveryShip |
USS Guadalcanal
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surface form:
USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7)
|
| significance |
first crewed flight of the Apollo Lunar Module
ⓘ
validated operations required for lunar orbit missions ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
NASA
ⓘ
surface form:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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| spacecraft |
Apollo command and service module
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo Command and Service Module
Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ |
| testedSystem |
Lunar Module ascent engine
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Lunar Module descent engine ⓘ docking and extraction procedures ⓘ rendezvous techniques in Earth orbit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Apollo 9 Description of subject: Apollo 9 was a 1969 crewed Earth-orbital mission in NASA’s Apollo program that tested the Lunar Module and key systems needed for the subsequent Moon landings.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
David R. Scott
this entity surface form:
James A. McDivitt commanded Apollo 9
this entity surface form:
Apollo 9 (support crew)