E-6 series spacecraft
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The E-6 series spacecraft were Soviet robotic lunar probes developed in the 1960s to achieve soft landings and surface exploration on the Moon.
All labels observed (1)
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| E-6 series spacecraft canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6675105 — 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: E-6 series spacecraft Context triple: [Luna 9, designation, E-6 series spacecraft]
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Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
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B.
Cygnus spacecraft
The Cygnus spacecraft is an uncrewed commercial cargo vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to deliver supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.
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Gemini spacecraft
The Gemini spacecraft was NASA’s two-person capsule used in the mid-1960s to develop critical spaceflight techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and extended missions in preparation for the Apollo Moon landings.
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D.
Leonov spacecraft
The Leonov spacecraft is a fictional Soviet-American joint mission vessel featured in the science fiction film "2010: The Year We Make Contact," used to investigate the abandoned Discovery One near Jupiter.
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Mercury spacecraft
The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s first crewed space vehicle, designed in the early 1960s to carry a single astronaut into Earth orbit and safely return them, paving the way for later Gemini and Apollo missions.
- 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: E-6 series spacecraft Target entity description: The E-6 series spacecraft were Soviet robotic lunar probes developed in the 1960s to achieve soft landings and surface exploration on the Moon.
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A.
Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
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B.
Cygnus spacecraft
The Cygnus spacecraft is an uncrewed commercial cargo vehicle developed by Northrop Grumman to deliver supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station.
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C.
Gemini spacecraft
The Gemini spacecraft was NASA’s two-person capsule used in the mid-1960s to develop critical spaceflight techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and extended missions in preparation for the Apollo Moon landings.
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D.
Leonov spacecraft
The Leonov spacecraft is a fictional Soviet-American joint mission vessel featured in the science fiction film "2010: The Year We Make Contact," used to investigate the abandoned Discovery One near Jupiter.
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E.
Mercury spacecraft
The Mercury spacecraft was NASA’s first crewed space vehicle, designed in the early 1960s to carry a single astronaut into Earth orbit and safely return them, paving the way for later Gemini and Apollo missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet lunar probe series
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robotic lunar lander program ⓘ uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| decadeOfActivity | 1960s ⓘ |
| developer |
Lavochkin Design Bureau
NERFINISHED
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OKB-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstSoftLandingOnAnotherCelestialBody | Luna 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstSuccessfulLander | Luna 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followOnVariant | E-6M series spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
cruise stage
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descent module ⓘ landing radar ⓘ radio communication system ⓘ television camera ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first close-up images from the lunar surface
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first successful soft landing on the Moon ⓘ |
| landingTechnique |
airbag-assisted landing
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retro-rocket braking ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Molniya-M rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lavochkin Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
lunar lander
ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ |
| notableSpacecraft |
Luna 13
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luna 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Luna 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Luna program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource |
chemical batteries
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solar panels ⓘ |
| programStartDate | early 1960s ⓘ |
| propulsionType | chemical propulsion ⓘ |
| purpose |
lunar surface exploration
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soft landing on the Moon ⓘ testing lunar landing techniques ⓘ |
| scientificObjectives |
lunar surface imaging
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study of lunar regolith ⓘ testing of radio communications from lunar surface ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | program completed ⓘ |
| target | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: E-6 series spacecraft Description of subject: The E-6 series spacecraft were Soviet robotic lunar probes developed in the 1960s to achieve soft landings and surface exploration on the Moon.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.