Quest Joint Airlock
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The Quest Joint Airlock is the primary airlock module of the International Space Station, used for conducting U.S. and partner spacewalks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quest Joint Airlock canonical | 4 |
| Quest airlock | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7918744 — 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: Quest Joint Airlock Context triple: [Unity, connectsTo, Quest Joint Airlock]
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A.
Airlock Module
The Airlock Module was a key component of NASA's Skylab space station, providing astronauts with a controlled environment for spacewalks and access to the vacuum of space.
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B.
Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module
The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module is a repurposed Italian-built cargo module attached to the International Space Station to provide long-term storage and workspace.
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C.
Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
The Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is an Italian-built pressurized cargo module used by NASA to transport supplies, equipment, and experiments between Earth and the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle missions.
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D.
Midgate cargo system
The Midgate cargo system is a configurable pickup bed and cabin partition design that lets owners extend the cargo area into the rear passenger compartment for increased hauling versatility.
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E.
Shooting Star cargo module
The Shooting Star cargo module is an attachable logistics and payload module designed to expand the Dream Chaser spaceplane’s cargo capacity for resupply and disposal missions to destinations like the International Space Station.
- 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: Quest Joint Airlock Target entity description: The Quest Joint Airlock is the primary airlock module of the International Space Station, used for conducting U.S. and partner spacewalks.
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A.
Airlock Module
The Airlock Module was a key component of NASA's Skylab space station, providing astronauts with a controlled environment for spacewalks and access to the vacuum of space.
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B.
Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module
The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module is a repurposed Italian-built cargo module attached to the International Space Station to provide long-term storage and workspace.
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C.
Destiny (U.S. Laboratory Module)
Destiny is the primary U.S. research laboratory module on the International Space Station, used for a wide range of scientific experiments in microgravity.
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D.
Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
The Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is an Italian-built pressurized cargo module used by NASA to transport supplies, equipment, and experiments between Earth and the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle missions.
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E.
Midgate cargo system
The Midgate cargo system is a configurable pickup bed and cabin partition design that lets owners extend the cargo area into the rear passenger compartment for increased hauling versatility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Space Station module
ⓘ
airlock module ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Joint Airlock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quest Airlock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attachedTo |
Unity module
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
starboard side of Unity module ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | U.S. segment EVAs ⓘ |
| diameter | 4.0 meters ⓘ |
| enables |
air conservation during EVAs
ⓘ
safe transition between station interior and vacuum of space ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
crew lock
ⓘ
equipment lock ⓘ exterior handrails ⓘ exterior work sites ⓘ high-pressure gas tanks ⓘ |
| hasExternalMounts |
gas tanks
ⓘ
tool stowage points ⓘ |
| hasHatch |
inner hatch to Unity module
ⓘ
outer hatch to space ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2001-07-12 ⓘ |
| launchedOnMission | STS-104 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 4.0 meters ⓘ |
| locatedInOrbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 6,000 kilograms ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitingBody | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pressurizedVolume | 34 cubic meters ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
decompression for EVAs
ⓘ
recompression after EVAs ⓘ |
| replacedFunctionOf | Space Shuttle airlock for ISS-based EVAs ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsSpacesuitType |
Extravehicular Mobility Unit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Orlan spacesuit ⓘ |
| usedBy |
CSA astronauts
ⓘ
ESA astronauts ⓘ JAXA astronauts ⓘ NASA astronauts NERFINISHED ⓘ Roscosmos cosmonauts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
U.S. spacewalks
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extravehicular activity ⓘ partner spacewalks ⓘ spacewalks ⓘ |
| usedSince | 2001 ⓘ |
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: Quest Joint Airlock Description of subject: The Quest Joint Airlock is the primary airlock module of the International Space Station, used for conducting U.S. and partner spacewalks.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Quest airlock