Expedition 1 to the International Space Station
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Expedition 1 to the International Space Station was the first long-duration crewed mission to the ISS, marking the beginning of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Expedition 1 to the International Space Station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7918703 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Expedition 1 to the International Space Station Context triple: [Sergei K. Krikalev, participatedIn, Expedition 1 to the International Space Station]
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A.
International Space Station Expedition 26
International Space Station Expedition 26 was a long-duration mission aboard the ISS during 2010–2011, involving an international crew conducting scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.
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B.
International Space Station expedition
The International Space Station expedition is a long-duration mission program in which rotating crews of astronauts and cosmonauts live and work aboard the ISS to conduct scientific research and maintain the orbiting laboratory.
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C.
Expedition 15
Expedition 15 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2007 that included NASA astronaut Sunita Williams among its crew.
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D.
Expedition 14
Expedition 14 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which NASA astronaut Sunita Williams began her first spaceflight and set early records for spacewalking by a woman.
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E.
Expedition 8
Expedition 8 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a small crew lived and worked in orbit, conducting scientific research and station maintenance.
- 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: Expedition 1 to the International Space Station Target entity description: Expedition 1 to the International Space Station was the first long-duration crewed mission to the ISS, marking the beginning of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory.
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A.
International Space Station Expedition 26
International Space Station Expedition 26 was a long-duration mission aboard the ISS during 2010–2011, involving an international crew conducting scientific research and station maintenance in low Earth orbit.
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B.
International Space Station expedition
The International Space Station expedition is a long-duration mission program in which rotating crews of astronauts and cosmonauts live and work aboard the ISS to conduct scientific research and maintain the orbiting laboratory.
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C.
Expedition 15
Expedition 15 was a long-duration International Space Station mission in 2007 that included NASA astronaut Sunita Williams among its crew.
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D.
Expedition 14
Expedition 14 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which NASA astronaut Sunita Williams began her first spaceflight and set early records for spacewalking by a woman.
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E.
Expedition 8
Expedition 8 was a long-duration International Space Station mission during which a small crew lived and worked in orbit, conducting scientific research and station maintenance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Space Station expedition
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long-duration spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| commander | William Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Russia
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewMember |
Sergei Krikalev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuri Gidzenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| duration | 136 days ⓘ |
| endDate | 2001-03-18 ⓘ |
| flightEngineer |
Sergei Krikalev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuri Gidzenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Expedition 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchCountry | Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2000-10-31 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSpacecraft | Soyuz TM-31 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz-U NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
activate and begin habitation of the International Space Station
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conduct initial scientific experiments aboard the ISS ⓘ perform early ISS systems checkout and commissioning ⓘ support assembly and visiting shuttle missions ⓘ |
| missionType | long-duration ISS expedition ⓘ |
| moduleActivated |
Unity node
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Zvezda service module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moduleActivated | Zarya functional cargo block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
NASA
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Roscosmos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbit | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | International Space Station program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | ISS Assembly phase missions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
English
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Russian ⓘ |
| returnDate | 2001-03-21 ⓘ |
| returnMission | STS-102 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnSpacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
first long-duration crewed mission to the International Space Station
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marked the beginning of continuous human presence on the ISS ⓘ |
| spaceAgencyPartner |
NASA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roscosmos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftDockingPort | Zvezda service module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceStation | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacewalkParticipants |
Sergei Krikalev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacewalksPerformed | 2 ⓘ |
| startDate | 2000-11-02 ⓘ |
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Subject: Expedition 1 to the International Space Station Description of subject: Expedition 1 to the International Space Station was the first long-duration crewed mission to the ISS, marking the beginning of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory.
Referenced by (1)
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