STS-55
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STS-55 was a 1993 Space Shuttle Columbia mission that carried the German-led Spacelab D-2 laboratory into orbit for a series of microgravity and scientific experiments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-55 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7727784 — 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-55 Context triple: [D-2, nasaMissionDesignation, STS-55]
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A.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
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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-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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D.
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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E.
STS-75
STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for the Tethered Satellite System experiment, which studied electrodynamic effects in the upper atmosphere.
- 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-55 Target entity description: STS-55 was a 1993 Space Shuttle Columbia mission that carried the German-led Spacelab D-2 laboratory into orbit for a series of microgravity and scientific experiments.
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A.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
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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-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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D.
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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E.
STS-75
STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission notable for the Tethered Satellite System experiment, which studied electrodynamic effects in the upper atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Spacelab D-2 mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Steven R. Nagel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conductedExperimentsIn |
life sciences
ⓘ
microgravity ⓘ |
| conductedExperimentsIn | materials science ⓘ |
| conductedExperimentsIn | technology demonstrations ⓘ |
| crewSize | 7 ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-57 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalCooperation |
European Space Agency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laboratoryModule | Spacelab D-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1993-05-06 ⓘ |
| landingRunway | Runway 22 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1993-04-26 ⓘ |
| launchPad | Launch Complex 39A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
23 hours
ⓘ
40 minutes ⓘ 9 days ⓘ approx. 9.99 days ⓘ |
| missionName | STS-55 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Bernard A. Harris Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles J. Precourt NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry L. Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
Spacelab laboratory mission
ⓘ
microgravity research ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| notableFeature | second German-led Spacelab mission ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | approx. 301 km ⓘ |
| orbiter | Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | approx. 296 km ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | about 90 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 160 ⓘ |
| payload | Spacelab D-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payloadSpecialist |
Hans Schlegel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ulrich Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | Terence T. Henricks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-56 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySponsor | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| SpacelabModule | D-2 (Deutschland 2) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| SpacelabSponsor | German Aerospace Center DLR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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-55 Description of subject: STS-55 was a 1993 Space Shuttle Columbia mission that carried the German-led Spacelab D-2 laboratory into orbit for a series of microgravity and scientific experiments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.