Soyuz TM-12
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Soyuz TM-12 was a 1991 Soviet crewed spacecraft mission to the Mir space station that notably carried British astronaut Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Soyuz TM-12 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7918691 — 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: Soyuz TM-12 Context triple: [Sergei K. Krikalev, spaceMission, Soyuz TM-12]
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A.
Soyuz TM-7
Soyuz TM-7 was a late-1980s Soviet crewed spacecraft mission to the Mir space station, notable for carrying cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev as part of its crew.
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B.
Soyuz TM-21
Soyuz TM-21 was a Russian crewed spacecraft mission notable for carrying U.S. astronaut Norman E. Thagard to the Mir space station as part of early Shuttle-Mir cooperation.
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C.
Soyuz TM-23
Soyuz TM-23 was a Russian crewed Soyuz spacecraft mission used to transport cosmonauts to the Mir space station in the mid-1990s.
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D.
Soyuz T-15
Soyuz T-15 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft mission notable for inaugurating operations on the Mir space station while also visiting the aging Salyut 7 station in a unique dual-docking flight.
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E.
Soyuz TMA-10
Soyuz TMA-10 was a Russian crewed spacecraft mission to the International Space Station that notably carried space tourist Charles Simonyi into orbit.
- 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: Soyuz TM-12 Target entity description: Soyuz TM-12 was a 1991 Soviet crewed spacecraft mission to the Mir space station that notably carried British astronaut Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space.
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A.
Soyuz TM-7
Soyuz TM-7 was a late-1980s Soviet crewed spacecraft mission to the Mir space station, notable for carrying cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev as part of its crew.
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B.
Soyuz TM-21
Soyuz TM-21 was a Russian crewed spacecraft mission notable for carrying U.S. astronaut Norman E. Thagard to the Mir space station as part of early Shuttle-Mir cooperation.
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C.
Soyuz TM-23
Soyuz TM-23 was a Russian crewed Soyuz spacecraft mission used to transport cosmonauts to the Mir space station in the mid-1990s.
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D.
Soyuz T-15
Soyuz T-15 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft mission notable for inaugurating operations on the Mir space station while also visiting the aging Salyut 7 station in a unique dual-docking flight.
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E.
Soyuz TMA-10
Soyuz TMA-10 was a Russian crewed spacecraft mission to the International Space Station that notably carried space tourist Charles Simonyi into orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soyuz-TM spacecraft
ⓘ
crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| apoapsisAltitude | approximately 390 km ⓘ |
| callsign | Okean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedAstronaut |
Anatoly Artsebarsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Helen Sharman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Krikalev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedNationality |
British
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ Soviet ⓘ |
| commander | Anatoly Artsebarsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewEVAActivitiesFromMir | yes ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| destination | Mir space station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dockedTo | Mir core module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dockingDate | 1991-05-20 ⓘ |
| era | late Soviet spaceflight ⓘ |
| flightEngineer | Sergei Krikalev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soyuz TM-13 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1991-10-10 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1991-05-18 ⓘ |
| launchMass | approximately 7150 kg ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz-U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | approximately 144 days ⓘ |
| missionType | crew transport to space station ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carrying the first Briton in space
ⓘ
first British astronaut Helen Sharman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator |
Roskosmos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | about 2240 ⓘ |
| partOf | Project Juno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periapsisAltitude | approximately 380 km ⓘ |
| precededBy | Soyuz TM-11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Soyuz program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchCosmonaut | Helen Sharman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedCrew |
Anatoly Artsebarsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sergei Krikalev NERFINISHED ⓘ Toktar Aubakirov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftManufacturer | RKK Energia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Soyuz-TM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceStationProgram | Mir program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetInclination | about 51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| undockingDate | 1991-10-10 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Soyuz TM-12 Description of subject: Soyuz TM-12 was a 1991 Soviet crewed spacecraft mission to the Mir space station that notably carried British astronaut Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Helen Sharman