Project Juno mission to Mir
E416802
Project Juno mission to Mir was a 1991 British-Soviet spaceflight that sent chemist Helen Sharman to become the first British person in space aboard the Mir space station.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Project Juno mission to Mir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4169158 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Project Juno mission to Mir Context triple: [Helen Sharman, participatedIn, Project Juno mission to Mir]
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Shuttle–Mir Program
The Shuttle–Mir Program was a collaborative U.S.–Russian space initiative in the 1990s that docked American Space Shuttles with the Russian Mir space station to advance long-duration human spaceflight and foster post–Cold War cooperation.
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B.
Progress-M1
Progress-M1 is a modernized Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft variant designed to deliver supplies, fuel, and equipment to space stations such as the International Space Station.
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C.
Spacelab-J
Spacelab-J was a 1992 Space Shuttle science mission that conducted joint U.S.–Japanese microgravity experiments aboard a Spacelab module.
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D.
BepiColombo mission
The BepiColombo mission is a joint ESA–JAXA spacecraft mission designed to study the planet Mercury’s composition, magnetic field, and environment through dual orbiters.
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E.
STS-60
STS-60 was a 1994 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable as the first joint U.S.–Russian crewed spaceflight, carrying Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.
- 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: Project Juno mission to Mir Target entity description: Project Juno mission to Mir was a 1991 British-Soviet spaceflight that sent chemist Helen Sharman to become the first British person in space aboard the Mir space station.
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A.
Shuttle–Mir Program
The Shuttle–Mir Program was a collaborative U.S.–Russian space initiative in the 1990s that docked American Space Shuttles with the Russian Mir space station to advance long-duration human spaceflight and foster post–Cold War cooperation.
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B.
Progress-M1
Progress-M1 is a modernized Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft variant designed to deliver supplies, fuel, and equipment to space stations such as the International Space Station.
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C.
Spacelab-J
Spacelab-J was a 1992 Space Shuttle science mission that conducted joint U.S.–Japanese microgravity experiments aboard a Spacelab module.
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D.
BepiColombo mission
The BepiColombo mission is a joint ESA–JAXA spacecraft mission designed to study the planet Mercury’s composition, magnetic field, and environment through dual orbiters.
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E.
STS-60
STS-60 was a 1994 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable as the first joint U.S.–Russian crewed spaceflight, carrying Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British-Soviet space mission
ⓘ
crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| carried |
Helen Sharman
ⓘ
surface form:
British chemist Helen Sharman
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Anatoly Artsebarsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Helen Sharman ⓘ Sergei K. Krikalev ⓘ
surface form:
Sergei Krikalev
|
| crewRole_AnatolyArtsebarsky | commander ⓘ |
| crewRole_HelenSharman | research cosmonaut ⓘ |
| crewRole_SergeiKrikalev | flight engineer ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| dockedTo | Mir core module docking port ⓘ |
| firstSpaceflightOf | Helen Sharman ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Soyuz TM-13
ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz TM-13 mission
|
| fundingModel | public-private partnership ⓘ |
| inclination | 51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1991-05-26 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1991-05-18 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchSitePad |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
surface form:
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5
|
| launchVehicle | Soyuz-U2 ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 8 days ⓘ |
| missionNameInRussian | Союз ТМ-12 полёт к Мир по программе Джуно ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionType | visiting expedition to space station ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first British person in space
ⓘ
first Western European woman in space ⓘ |
| operator |
RKA
ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partner |
UK Space Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
British National Space Centre
private British sponsors ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Soyuz TM-11
ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz TM-11 mission
|
| relatedProgram | Project Juno ⓘ |
| returnSpacecraft | Soyuz TM-11 ⓘ |
| scientificActivities |
educational outreach experiments
ⓘ
life sciences experiments ⓘ materials science experiments ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | public competition in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| spaceAgencyPartner |
UK Space Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
British National Space Centre
Soviet space agency ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Soyuz TM-12 ⓘ |
| spaceStationModuleUsed |
Kvant-1
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surface form:
Kvant-1 module of Mir
Kvant-2 ⓘ
surface form:
Kvant-2 module of Mir
core module of Mir ⓘ |
| spaceStationVisited | Mir ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Project Juno mission to Mir Description of subject: Project Juno mission to Mir was a 1991 British-Soviet spaceflight that sent chemist Helen Sharman to become the first British person in space aboard the Mir space station.
Referenced by (1)
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