STS-89
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STS-89 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the Russian Mir space station that conducted crew transfer and scientific research as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-89 canonical | 6 |
| Space Shuttle mission STS-89 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3867360 — 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: STS-89 Context triple: [Michael P. Anderson, spaceMission, STS-89]
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A.
STS-88
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, delivering and assembling its initial U.S. and Russian modules in orbit.
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B.
STS-87
STS-87 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity and solar physics experiments, notable for including astronaut Kalpana Chawla among its crew.
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C.
STS-83
STS-83 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity science research as part of the Microgravity Science Laboratory program.
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D.
STS-95
STS-95 was a 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for carrying John Glenn back into space at age 77, making him the oldest person to fly in orbit.
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E.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
- 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: STS-89 Target entity description: STS-89 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the Russian Mir space station that conducted crew transfer and scientific research as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
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A.
STS-88
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, delivering and assembling its initial U.S. and Russian modules in orbit.
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B.
STS-87
STS-87 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity and solar physics experiments, notable for including astronaut Kalpana Chawla among its crew.
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C.
STS-83
STS-83 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity science research as part of the Microgravity Science Laboratory program.
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D.
STS-95
STS-95 was a 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for carrying John Glenn back into space at age 77, making him the oldest person to fly in orbit.
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E.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Shuttle–Mir mission ⓘ Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| conducted |
microgravity experiments
ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ technology experiments ⓘ |
| cooperationWith |
Roscosmos
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Space Agency
|
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | 7 ⓘ |
| crewTransferFrom | Mir ⓘ |
| crewTransferTo | Mir ⓘ |
| crewTransport | astronauts ⓘ |
| destination | Mir ⓘ |
| dockedWith | Mir ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-90 ⓘ |
| inclination | 51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | Mir docking missions ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchPad |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
ⓘ
surface form:
Launch Complex 39A
|
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 89 ⓘ |
| missionRoleInProgram | support International Space Station precursor activities ⓘ |
| missionType |
crew transfer
ⓘ
microgravity research ⓘ space station logistics ⓘ |
| objective |
deliver supplies to Mir
ⓘ
exchange long-duration crew on Mir ⓘ return experiments from Mir ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbiter |
Space Shuttle Endeavour
ⓘ
surface form:
Endeavour
|
| orbitType |
low Earth orbit
ⓘ
surface form:
Low Earth orbit
|
| partOf |
Shuttle–Mir Program
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA–Russian space cooperation
Shuttle–Mir Program ⓘ
surface form:
U.S.–Russian Shuttle–Mir collaboration
|
| precededBy | STS-87 ⓘ |
| program |
Shuttle–Mir Program
ⓘ
surface form:
Shuttle–Mir program
NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| researchArea |
Earth observation
ⓘ
life sciences ⓘ materials science ⓘ technology demonstration ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| spaceStationProgramContext | Mir program ⓘ |
| spaceStationVisited | Mir ⓘ |
| usesLaunchSystem | Space Transportation System ⓘ |
| vehicleType | reusable crewed spacecraft mission ⓘ |
| visitedSpaceStation | Mir space station ⓘ |
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: STS-89 Description of subject: STS-89 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the Russian Mir space station that conducted crew transfer and scientific research as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Space Shuttle mission STS-89