Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle)
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Enterprise (OV-101) was NASA’s first Space Shuttle orbiter, built as a test vehicle for atmospheric flight and landing trials that paved the way for the operational shuttle fleet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle) canonical | 1 |
| Enterprise (OV-101) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7722557 — 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: Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle) Context triple: [OV-102, precededBy, Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle)]
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A.
Orbital Test Vehicle
The Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane developed for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to conduct long-duration, classified orbital missions and technology demonstrations.
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B.
OV-102 Columbia
OV-102 Columbia was NASA’s first operational Space Shuttle orbiter, notable for pioneering numerous missions in the Space Shuttle program before its loss in 2003.
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C.
X-38 Crew Return Vehicle prototype
The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle prototype was an experimental NASA lifting-body spacecraft designed to serve as an emergency lifeboat for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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D.
Lunar Roving Vehicle
The Lunar Roving Vehicle was a battery-powered, four-wheeled rover used by NASA astronauts to explore the Moon’s surface during the later Apollo missions.
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E.
OV-103
OV-103 is the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter better known as Discovery, which flew numerous important missions including the Hubble Space Telescope deployment and International Space Station assembly flights.
- 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: Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle) Target entity description: Enterprise (OV-101) was NASA’s first Space Shuttle orbiter, built as a test vehicle for atmospheric flight and landing trials that paved the way for the operational shuttle fleet.
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A.
Orbital Test Vehicle
The Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane developed for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to conduct long-duration, classified orbital missions and technology demonstrations.
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B.
OV-102 Columbia
OV-102 Columbia was NASA’s first operational Space Shuttle orbiter, notable for pioneering numerous missions in the Space Shuttle program before its loss in 2003.
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C.
X-38 Crew Return Vehicle prototype
The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle prototype was an experimental NASA lifting-body spacecraft designed to serve as an emergency lifeboat for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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D.
Lunar Roving Vehicle
The Lunar Roving Vehicle was a battery-powered, four-wheeled rover used by NASA astronauts to explore the Moon’s surface during the later Apollo missions.
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E.
OV-103
OV-103 is the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter better known as Discovery, which flew numerous important missions including the Hubble Space Telescope deployment and International Space Station assembly flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Space Shuttle orbiter
ⓘ
test vehicle ⓘ |
| approachAndLandingTestsEnd | 1977-10 ⓘ |
| approachAndLandingTestsStart | 1977-02 ⓘ |
| carriedOn | Shuttle Carrier Aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Individual spaceplanes
ⓘ
NASA space vehicles ⓘ Space Shuttle test vehicles ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1974-06-04 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | up to 8 ⓘ |
| displayLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emptyMass | 68000 kg ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1977-02-18 ⓘ |
| firstFreeFlightDate | 1977-08-12 ⓘ |
| fleetPosition | first Space Shuttle orbiter built ⓘ |
| followedBy | Columbia (OV-102) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | 17.27 m ⓘ |
| initialHomeBase |
Edwards Air Force Base
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Star Trek fan campaign ⓘ |
| lastFreeFlightDate | 1977-10-26 ⓘ |
| laterDisplayedAt |
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchCapability | no orbital launch capability ⓘ |
| length | 37.24 m ⓘ |
| mainEnginesInstalled | false ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Rockwell International
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rockwell International Space Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Starship Enterprise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
USS Enterprise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nasaDesignation | OV-101 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neverFlewInSpace | true ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitalFlights | 0 ⓘ |
| precededBy | none ⓘ |
| previousDisplayLocation | Washington Dulles International Airport vicinity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| publicUnveiling | 1976-09-17 ⓘ |
| role |
Approach and Landing Test vehicle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
atmospheric flight test vehicle ⓘ |
| rolloutDate | 1976-09-17 ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spaceflights | 0 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| suborbitalFlights | 0 ⓘ |
| tailNumber | NCC-1701 (informal reference) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testType |
captive-active flights
ⓘ
captive-inert flights ⓘ free-flight glides ⓘ |
| thermalProtectionSystemComplete | false ⓘ |
| unveilingLocation | Palmdale, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerodynamic testing
ⓘ
fit checks at launch facilities ⓘ ground vibration tests ⓘ landing tests ⓘ |
| wingspan | 23.79 m ⓘ |
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: Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle) Description of subject: Enterprise (OV-101) was NASA’s first Space Shuttle orbiter, built as a test vehicle for atmospheric flight and landing trials that paved the way for the operational shuttle fleet.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Enterprise (OV-101)