Altair lunar lander
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The Altair lunar lander was NASA’s planned next-generation crewed spacecraft for landing astronauts on the Moon as part of the post-Apollo Constellation program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Altair lunar lander canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7994153 — 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: Altair lunar lander Context triple: [Constellation program, component, Altair lunar lander]
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A.
SLIM lunar lander
The SLIM lunar lander is a Japanese spacecraft designed by JAXA to demonstrate high-precision, lightweight landing technology on the Moon’s surface.
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B.
Apollo Lunar Module
The Apollo Lunar Module was the two-stage spacecraft used by NASA during the Apollo missions to land astronauts on the Moon and return them to lunar orbit.
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C.
Luna spacecraft
The Luna spacecraft were a series of Soviet robotic probes launched between the late 1950s and 1970s that achieved many lunar exploration firsts, including the first human-made object to reach the Moon and the first soft landing on its surface.
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D.
Gemini spacecraft
The Gemini spacecraft was NASA’s two-person capsule used in the mid-1960s to develop critical spaceflight techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and extended missions in preparation for the Apollo Moon landings.
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E.
Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
- 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: Altair lunar lander Target entity description: The Altair lunar lander was NASA’s planned next-generation crewed spacecraft for landing astronauts on the Moon as part of the post-Apollo Constellation program.
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A.
SLIM lunar lander
The SLIM lunar lander is a Japanese spacecraft designed by JAXA to demonstrate high-precision, lightweight landing technology on the Moon’s surface.
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B.
Apollo Lunar Module
The Apollo Lunar Module was the two-stage spacecraft used by NASA during the Apollo missions to land astronauts on the Moon and return them to lunar orbit.
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C.
Luna spacecraft
The Luna spacecraft were a series of Soviet robotic probes launched between the late 1950s and 1970s that achieved many lunar exploration firsts, including the first human-made object to reach the Moon and the first soft landing on its surface.
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D.
Gemini spacecraft
The Gemini spacecraft was NASA’s two-person capsule used in the mid-1960s to develop critical spaceflight techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and extended missions in preparation for the Apollo Moon landings.
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E.
Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spacecraft project
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crewed spacecraft design ⓘ lunar lander ⓘ |
| agencyProgram | NASA Constellation program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cancellationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| cancellationReason | termination of Constellation program ⓘ |
| cargoCapability | deliver cargo to lunar surface ⓘ |
| configuration | two-stage lunar lander ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crewAccess | lunar surface egress via ladder ⓘ |
| crewModuleLocation | ascent stage ⓘ |
| crewRole |
serve as habitat on lunar surface during missions
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transport astronauts to lunar surface ⓘ |
| designedForEnvironment |
lunar orbit
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lunar surface ⓘ |
| designGoal |
longer lunar surface stays than Apollo
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support for outpost-style lunar missions ⓘ |
| developmentLevel | concept and preliminary design ⓘ |
| developmentPeriod | mid-2000s to 2010 ⓘ |
| intendedCrewCapacity | 4 astronauts ⓘ |
| intendedDockingPartner | Orion spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedLandingSite | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedLaunchVehicle | Ares V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifeSupport | environmental control and life support system (planned) ⓘ |
| missionProfile |
deliver crew from lunar orbit to lunar surface
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return crew from lunar surface to lunar orbit ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Altair star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOfProgram | Constellation program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | fuel cells (planned) ⓘ |
| predecessor | Apollo Lunar Module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programStatus | cancelled ⓘ |
| propulsion |
ascent stage engine (planned)
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descent stage main engine (planned) ⓘ |
| purpose |
crewed lunar landing
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support human exploration of the Moon ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | expendable spacecraft ⓘ |
| stage |
ascent stage
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descent stage ⓘ |
| status | never flown ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Altair lunar lander Description of subject: The Altair lunar lander was NASA’s planned next-generation crewed spacecraft for landing astronauts on the Moon as part of the post-Apollo Constellation program.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.