Apollo CSM-116
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Apollo CSM-116 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s first crewed Skylab mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apollo CSM-116 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5624404 — 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 CSM-116 Context triple: [Skylab 2, spacecraft, Apollo CSM-116]
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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 11 Command Module Columbia
Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia was the spacecraft that housed the crew during the first successful Moon landing mission and returned the astronauts safely to Earth.
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C.
Apollo 6
Apollo 6 was the second and final uncrewed test flight of NASA’s Saturn V rocket, launched in 1968 to validate the vehicle for subsequent crewed Apollo missions.
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D.
Gemini 10
Gemini 10 was a 1966 NASA crewed spaceflight in the Gemini program that conducted rendezvous, docking, and spacewalk experiments as a precursor to the Apollo lunar missions.
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E.
Apollo 9
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.
- 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 CSM-116 Target entity description: Apollo CSM-116 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s first crewed Skylab mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973.
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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 11 Command Module Columbia
Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia was the spacecraft that housed the crew during the first successful Moon landing mission and returned the astronauts safely to Earth.
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C.
Apollo 6
Apollo 6 was the second and final uncrewed test flight of NASA’s Saturn V rocket, launched in 1968 to validate the vehicle for subsequent crewed Apollo missions.
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D.
Gemini 10
Gemini 10 was a 1966 NASA crewed spaceflight in the Gemini program that conducted rendezvous, docking, and spacewalk experiments as a precursor to the Apollo lunar missions.
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E.
Apollo 9
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo Command and Service Module
ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ |
| associatedSpaceStation | Skylab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedAstronaut |
Joseph P. Kerwin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul J. Weitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandModuleType | Apollo Command Module Block II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCompartment | Apollo Command Module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewLaunchMassApprox | about 30,000 kg ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| dockedWith | Skylab Orbital Workshop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dockingSystem | Apollo docking mechanism ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1973 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Apollo CSM-117 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | Apollo Guidance Computer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heatShieldType | ablative heat shield ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1973-05-25 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn IB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifeSupportSystem | Environmental Control System for three astronauts ⓘ |
| manufacturer | North American Rockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDesignation | Skylab 2 CSM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
28 days
ⓘ
about 0 hours 49 minutes (reentry phase only) ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
ferry first crew to Skylab space station
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return first Skylab crew safely to Earth ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionRole |
return from Skylab space station
ⓘ
transport to Skylab space station ⓘ |
| missionSequence | first crewed Skylab mission ⓘ |
| notableEvent | delivered first long-duration U.S. space station crew ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | fuel cells ⓘ |
| precededBy | Apollo CSM-110 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program |
Apollo program
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skylab program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionModule | Apollo Service Module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredBy | USS Ticonderoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryLocation | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryDate | 1973-06-22 ⓘ |
| serviceModuleType | Apollo Service Module Block II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servicePropulsionEngine | AJ10-137 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Apollo CSM Block II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| usedForMission | Skylab 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Apollo CSM-116 Description of subject: Apollo CSM-116 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s first crewed Skylab mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973.
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