Orion program
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The Orion program is NASA’s crewed spacecraft initiative designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit to destinations such as the Moon and eventually Mars.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orion program canonical | 5 |
| Orion spacecraft program | 3 |
| NASA Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle program | 1 |
| Orion Program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7994148 — 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: Orion program Context triple: [Constellation program, successorProgram, Orion program]
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A.
Gemini program
The Gemini program was NASA’s second human spaceflight project in the 1960s, designed to develop critical space travel techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and long-duration missions that paved the way for the Apollo Moon landings.
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B.
Constellation program
The Constellation program was a canceled NASA human spaceflight initiative intended to develop new rockets and spacecraft for returning astronauts to the Moon and eventually traveling to Mars.
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C.
Apollo program
The Apollo program was NASA’s landmark human spaceflight initiative that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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D.
Mercury program
The Mercury program was the United States' first human spaceflight initiative, designed to send American astronauts into space and orbit Earth during the early 1960s.
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E.
Mariner program
The Mariner program was a series of NASA robotic space missions in the 1960s and 1970s that conducted the first successful flybys and close-up studies of Venus, Mars, and Mercury.
- 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: Orion program Target entity description: The Orion program is NASA’s crewed spacecraft initiative designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit to destinations such as the Moon and eventually Mars.
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A.
Gemini program
The Gemini program was NASA’s second human spaceflight project in the 1960s, designed to develop critical space travel techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and long-duration missions that paved the way for the Apollo Moon landings.
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B.
Constellation program
The Constellation program was a canceled NASA human spaceflight initiative intended to develop new rockets and spacecraft for returning astronauts to the Moon and eventually traveling to Mars.
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C.
Apollo program
The Apollo program was NASA’s landmark human spaceflight initiative that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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D.
Mercury program
The Mercury program was the United States' first human spaceflight initiative, designed to send American astronauts into space and orbit Earth during the early 1960s.
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E.
Mariner program
The Mariner program was a series of NASA robotic space missions in the 1960s and 1970s that conducted the first successful flybys and close-up studies of Venus, Mars, and Mercury.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA human spaceflight program
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crewed spacecraft program ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Orion MPCV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| component |
Orion crew module
NERFINISHED
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Orion service module NERFINISHED ⓘ launch abort system ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity |
4 astronauts
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up to 6 astronauts (short-duration missions) ⓘ |
| designedFor |
crewed lunar missions
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deep space missions ⓘ eventual Mars missions ⓘ |
| designedMissionDuration | up to 21 days independent mission ⓘ |
| designedMissionDurationWithHabitat | up to 6 months when docked to habitat or gateway ⓘ |
| dockingCapability | NASA Docking System compatible ⓘ |
| firstLunarMission | Artemis I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstLunarMissionLaunchDate | 2022-11-16 ⓘ |
| firstLunarMissionReturnDate | 2022-12-11 ⓘ |
| firstLunarMissionType | uncrewed lunar orbit mission ⓘ |
| firstUncrewedTestFlight | Exploration Flight Test 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstUncrewedTestFlightDate | 2014-12-05 ⓘ |
| firstUncrewedTestFlightLaunchVehicle | Delta IV Heavy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingMethod | parachute-assisted splashdown ⓘ |
| landingSite | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
SLS Block 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SLS Block 1B (planned) NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Launch System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin Space NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionProfile | launch on SLS, translunar injection, lunar orbit or flyby, Earth reentry ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Constellation program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | NASA Artemis program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plannedFirstCrewedLunarFlybyMission | Artemis II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plannedFirstCrewedLunarLandingMission | Artemis III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar arrays ⓘ |
| primaryContractor | Lockheed Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionType | chemical propulsion ⓘ |
| purpose |
crew transportation beyond low Earth orbit
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human lunar exploration ⓘ preparation for human missions to Mars ⓘ |
| reentryEnvironment | high-speed lunar return ⓘ |
| reentryType | capsule ⓘ |
| safetyFeature |
launch abort system
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redundant avionics ⓘ |
| serviceModuleManufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceModuleProvider | European Space Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftName | Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | multi-purpose crew vehicle ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| successorTo | Constellation program Orion concept ⓘ |
| targetDestination |
Mars (long-term goal)
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Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ cislunar space ⓘ |
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: Orion program Description of subject: The Orion program is NASA’s crewed spacecraft initiative designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit to destinations such as the Moon and eventually Mars.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Orion Program
this entity surface form:
NASA Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle program
this entity surface form:
Orion spacecraft program
this entity surface form:
Orion spacecraft program
this entity surface form:
Orion spacecraft program