Space Shuttle stack
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The Space Shuttle stack was the fully assembled launch configuration of NASA’s Space Shuttle system, consisting of the orbiter, external fuel tank, and solid rocket boosters mounted together for liftoff.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Space Shuttle stack canonical | 3 |
| Space Shuttle launch stack | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7492047 — 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: Space Shuttle stack Context triple: [crawler-transporter, usedForVehicle, Space Shuttle stack]
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A.
Space Shuttle orbiter
The Space Shuttle orbiter was NASA’s reusable winged spacecraft that carried astronauts and cargo to and from low Earth orbit as part of the Space Shuttle program.
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B.
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was NASA’s reusable spacecraft system used from 1981 to 2011 to carry astronauts and cargo to low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope.
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C.
The Shuttle
"The Shuttle" is a 1907 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that explores transatlantic marriages between wealthy American women and impoverished British aristocrats, highlighting themes of power, class, and female resilience.
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D.
Space Shuttle Enterprise
Space Shuttle Enterprise was NASA’s first Space Shuttle orbiter, used primarily for atmospheric approach and landing tests and never flown in space.
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E.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis was a NASA orbiter that flew numerous missions from 1985 to 2011, including the final flight of the Space Shuttle program.
- 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: Space Shuttle stack Target entity description: The Space Shuttle stack was the fully assembled launch configuration of NASA’s Space Shuttle system, consisting of the orbiter, external fuel tank, and solid rocket boosters mounted together for liftoff.
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A.
Space Shuttle orbiter
The Space Shuttle orbiter was NASA’s reusable winged spacecraft that carried astronauts and cargo to and from low Earth orbit as part of the Space Shuttle program.
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B.
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was NASA’s reusable spacecraft system used from 1981 to 2011 to carry astronauts and cargo to low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope.
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C.
The Shuttle
"The Shuttle" is a 1907 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that explores transatlantic marriages between wealthy American women and impoverished British aristocrats, highlighting themes of power, class, and female resilience.
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D.
Space Shuttle Enterprise
Space Shuttle Enterprise was NASA’s first Space Shuttle orbiter, used primarily for atmospheric approach and landing tests and never flown in space.
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E.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis was a NASA orbiter that flew numerous missions from 1985 to 2011, including the final flight of the Space Shuttle program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Space Shuttle system component
ⓘ
launch vehicle configuration ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | reusable crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| developedBy | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1981-04-12 ⓘ |
| firstMission | STS-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guidanceControl | controlled by orbiter avionics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
External Tank
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solid Rocket Booster NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Shuttle orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ left Solid Rocket Booster NERFINISHED ⓘ right Solid Rocket Booster ⓘ |
| height | about 56 meters ⓘ |
| lastFlight | 2011-07-08 ⓘ |
| lastMission | STS-135 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchAzimuthRange | approximately 28 to 57 degrees inclination ⓘ |
| launchConfigurationOf | Space Shuttle system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchEscapeSystem | no dedicated launch escape tower ⓘ |
| launchMass | about 2,000,000 kg ⓘ |
| launchPhase | ascent to low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| poweredBy |
Solid Rocket Boosters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Main Engines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programEnd | 2011 ⓘ |
| programStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| propellant |
ammonium perchlorate composite propellant
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liquid hydrogen ⓘ liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| reusability |
External Tank expendable
ⓘ
Solid Rocket Booster casings reusable ⓘ orbiter reusable ⓘ |
| separationEvent |
External Tank separation
ⓘ
Solid Rocket Booster separation ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| thrustAtLiftoff | about 30 MN ⓘ |
| usedFor | launching Space Shuttle orbiters into space ⓘ |
| usedInMissionType |
Hubble Space Telescope servicing
ⓘ
satellite deployment ⓘ space station assembly ⓘ space station resupply ⓘ |
| usedLaunchSite |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
NERFINISHED
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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedWithOrbiter |
Atlantis
NERFINISHED
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Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Endeavour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| width | about 24 meters ⓘ |
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: Space Shuttle stack Description of subject: The Space Shuttle stack was the fully assembled launch configuration of NASA’s Space Shuttle system, consisting of the orbiter, external fuel tank, and solid rocket boosters mounted together for liftoff.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Space Shuttle launch stack