STS-50
E691335
STS-50 was a 1992 Space Shuttle Columbia mission that conducted extended microgravity research as part of NASA’s United States Microgravity Laboratory program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-50 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7722570 — 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-50 Context triple: [OV-102, notableMission, STS-50]
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A.
STS-51-F
STS-51-F was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission notable for its Spacelab 2 scientific payload and an in-flight main engine shutdown that led to the first use of an Abort to Orbit procedure.
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B.
STS-51-G
STS-51-G was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed multiple communications satellites and conducted scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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C.
STS-51-L
STS-51-L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members.
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D.
STS-51-J
STS-51-J was a classified 1985 U.S. Space Shuttle mission for the Department of Defense that marked the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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E.
STS-51-C
STS-51-C was a 1985 classified U.S. Department of Defense Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for being the first spaceflight of astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
- 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-50 Target entity description: STS-50 was a 1992 Space Shuttle Columbia mission that conducted extended microgravity research as part of NASA’s United States Microgravity Laboratory program.
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A.
STS-51-F
STS-51-F was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission notable for its Spacelab 2 scientific payload and an in-flight main engine shutdown that led to the first use of an Abort to Orbit procedure.
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B.
STS-51-G
STS-51-G was a 1985 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed multiple communications satellites and conducted scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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C.
STS-51-L
STS-51-L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members.
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D.
STS-51-J
STS-51-J was a classified 1985 U.S. Space Shuttle mission for the Department of Defense that marked the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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E.
STS-51-C
STS-51-C was a 1985 classified U.S. Department of Defense Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for being the first spaceflight of astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ microgravity research mission ⓘ |
| acronym | USML-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedSpacelab | true ⓘ |
| commander | Richard N. Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewSize | 7 ⓘ |
| focus |
biotechnology experiments
ⓘ
combustion science experiments ⓘ fluid physics in microgravity ⓘ materials science in microgravity ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-46 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1992-07-09 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1992-06-25 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| microgravityProgram | United States Microgravity Laboratory program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 13 days 19 hours 30 minutes ⓘ |
| missionDurationDays | 13.81 ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Bonnie J. Dunbar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carl J. Meade NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen S. Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
Spacelab mission
ⓘ
microgravity laboratory ⓘ |
| moduleUsed | Spacelab module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogeeKilometers | 306 ⓘ |
| orbiterVehicle | OV-102 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitInclinationDegrees | 28.45 ⓘ |
| orbitPerigeeKilometers | 296 ⓘ |
| orbitPeriodMinutes | 90.3 ⓘ |
| payloadSpecialist |
Eugene H. Trinh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lawrence J. DeLucas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-49 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPayload | United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedPressurizedModule | Spacelab long module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| USMLSeries | USML-1 ⓘ |
| wasDedicatedMicrogravityMission | true ⓘ |
| wasExtendedDurationMission | true ⓘ |
| wasFirstUSMLMission | true ⓘ |
| wasLongestShuttleMissionAtTheTime | true ⓘ |
| year | 1992 ⓘ |
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: STS-50 Description of subject: STS-50 was a 1992 Space Shuttle Columbia mission that conducted extended microgravity research as part of NASA’s United States Microgravity Laboratory program.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.