STS-40
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STS-40 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for conducting Spacelab Life Sciences-1, the first dedicated U.S. microgravity life sciences laboratory flight.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-40 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6015191 — 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-40 Context triple: [STS-43, previousMission, STS-40]
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A.
STS-41-D
STS-41-D was the maiden orbital mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery, launched by NASA in 1984 to deploy communications satellites and conduct scientific experiments.
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B.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit.
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C.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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D.
STS-41C
STS-41C was a 1984 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission notable for successfully repairing the Solar Maximum Mission satellite during the first on-orbit satellite repair operation.
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E.
STS-44
STS-44 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission dedicated primarily to deploying a Defense Support Program (DSP) early-warning satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense.
- 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-40 Target entity description: STS-40 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for conducting Spacelab Life Sciences-1, the first dedicated U.S. microgravity life sciences laboratory flight.
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A.
STS-41-D
STS-41-D was the maiden orbital mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery, launched by NASA in 1984 to deploy communications satellites and conduct scientific experiments.
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B.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit.
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C.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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D.
STS-41C
STS-41C was a 1984 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission notable for successfully repairing the Solar Maximum Mission satellite during the first on-orbit satellite repair operation.
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E.
STS-44
STS-44 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission dedicated primarily to deploying a Defense Support Program (DSP) early-warning satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
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Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SLS-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsign | Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Bryan D. O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewMember |
Bryan D. O'Connor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
F. Drew Gaffney NERFINISHED ⓘ James P. Bagian NERFINISHED ⓘ M. Rhea Seddon NERFINISHED ⓘ Millie Hughes-Fulford NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney M. Gutierrez NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamara E. Jernigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 7 ⓘ |
| experimentType |
cardiovascular research
ⓘ
developmental biology research ⓘ immune system research ⓘ musculoskeletal research ⓘ neurovestibular research ⓘ radiation biology research ⓘ |
| focus |
human physiology in space
ⓘ
microgravity life sciences ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-41 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1991-06-14 ⓘ |
| landingRunway | Runway 22 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1991-06-05 ⓘ |
| launchPad | LC-39B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
193 hours 14 minutes
ⓘ
8 days 1 hour 14 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 40 ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
James P. Bagian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M. Rhea Seddon NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamara E. Jernigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first Spacelab Life Sciences mission
ⓘ
first dedicated U.S. microgravity life sciences laboratory flight ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | 306 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 39.0 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | 296 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | 90.3 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 146 ⓘ |
| payloadBayModule | Spacelab module ⓘ |
| payloadSpecialist |
F. Drew Gaffney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Millie Hughes-Fulford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | Sidney M. Gutierrez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-39 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPayload | Spacelab Life Sciences-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
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surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| spaceShuttle |
OV-102
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1991 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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-40 Description of subject: STS-40 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for conducting Spacelab Life Sciences-1, the first dedicated U.S. microgravity life sciences laboratory flight.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.