Apollo Lunar Module
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The Apollo Lunar Module was the two-stage spacecraft used by NASA during the Apollo missions to land astronauts on the Moon and return them to lunar orbit.
All labels observed (19)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T363982 — 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 Lunar Module Context triple: [Apollo program, spacecraftType, Apollo Lunar Module]
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A.
Apollo command and service module
The Apollo command and service module was the main crewed spacecraft used in NASA’s Apollo lunar missions, housing astronauts, life support, navigation, and propulsion systems for travel to and from the Moon.
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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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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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Apollo 15
Apollo 15 was a 1971 NASA crewed mission that conducted extended scientific exploration of the Moon, including the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the lunar surface.
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Gemini 8
Gemini 8 was a 1966 NASA crewed spaceflight in the Gemini program, notable for achieving the first successful docking of two spacecraft in orbit and for a critical in-flight emergency that tested astronaut Neil Armstrong’s piloting skills.
- 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 Lunar Module Target entity description: The Apollo Lunar Module was the two-stage spacecraft used by NASA during the Apollo missions to land astronauts on the Moon and return them to lunar orbit.
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A.
Apollo command and service module
The Apollo command and service module was the main crewed spacecraft used in NASA’s Apollo lunar missions, housing astronauts, life support, navigation, and propulsion systems for travel to and from the Moon.
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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 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 15
Apollo 15 was a 1971 NASA crewed mission that conducted extended scientific exploration of the Moon, including the first use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the lunar surface.
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E.
Gemini 8
Gemini 8 was a 1966 NASA crewed spaceflight in the Gemini program, notable for achieving the first successful docking of two spacecraft in orbit and for a critical in-flight emergency that tested astronaut Neil Armstrong’s piloting skills.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spacecraft
ⓘ
lunar lander ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ |
| abbreviation | LM ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Apollo Lunar Module
ⓘ
surface form:
Lunar Excursion Module
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | 2 astronauts ⓘ |
| crewCompartmentPressure | pure oxygen atmosphere ⓘ |
| design | two-stage configuration ⓘ |
| designedForAtmosphericFlight | no ⓘ |
| developmentStart | early 1960s ⓘ |
| dockingInterface |
Apollo command and service module
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo Command and Service Module
|
| earlierAbbreviation | LEM ⓘ |
| firstCrewedFlight | Apollo 9 ⓘ |
| firstLunarLandingMission | Apollo 11 ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | Apollo Guidance Computer ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ascent stage
ⓘ
descent stage ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first crewed vehicle to land humans on another celestial body ⓘ |
| landingGear | four-legged landing gear with crushable honeycomb ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn V ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Grumman
ⓘ
surface form:
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
|
| missionDurationCapability | about 75 hours on lunar surface ⓘ |
| museumExhibit |
Cradle of Aviation Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Cradle of Aviation Museum, Long Island
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| notableMission |
Apollo 11
ⓘ
Apollo 12 ⓘ Apollo 13 ⓘ Apollo 14 ⓘ Apollo 15 ⓘ Apollo 16 ⓘ Apollo 17 ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 13 flight-ready vehicles ⓘ |
| numberFlownToMoon | 10 ⓘ |
| numberLandedOnMoon | 6 ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment | vacuum only ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | batteries ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
ascent from Moon to lunar orbit
ⓘ
crew lunar landing ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program ⓘ |
| propulsionType | hypergolic rocket engines ⓘ |
| roleInApollo13 | lifeboat for crew survival ⓘ |
| shape | faceted, non-aerodynamic structure ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor | none (program cancelled after Apollo) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Apollo program
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo crewed lunar missions
Moon landing ⓘ lunar orbit rendezvous ⓘ |
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 Lunar Module Description of subject: The Apollo Lunar Module was the two-stage spacecraft used by NASA during the Apollo missions to land astronauts on the Moon and return them to lunar orbit.
Referenced by (33)
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this entity surface form:
Apollo lunar module
this entity surface form:
Apollo Lunar Module Falcon
this entity surface form:
Lunar Module Orion
this entity surface form:
Lunar Excursion Module
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Apollo Lunar Module Intrepid
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Apollo lunar module
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Apollo 13 Lunar Module Aquarius
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Grumman Lunar Module
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Apollo CSM and LM
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Apollo Lunar Module (in low Earth orbit tests)
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Challenger (Apollo 17 LM)
this entity surface form:
Lunar Module Orion
this entity surface form:
Lunar Module Orion
this entity surface form:
Apollo Lunar Module Orion
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Lunar Module descent stage
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Spider for Lunar Module
this entity surface form:
Lunar Excursion Module
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Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle
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Orion (Apollo 16 LM)
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Challenger (Apollo 17 LM)
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Apollo Lunar Module Block II
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Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle
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Lunar Module Test Article (boilerplate) LM-2