Apollo 16 Command Module
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The Apollo 16 Command Module was the crew’s primary spacecraft for living, working, and reentry during NASA’s fifth crewed lunar landing mission in 1972.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollo 16 Command Module canonical | 1 |
| Apollo 16 Service Module | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10454744 — 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: Apollo 16 Command Module Context triple: [Command and Service Module Casper, crewModule, Apollo 16 Command Module]
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A.
Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia
Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia was the spacecraft that housed the crew during the first successful Moon landing mission and returned the astronauts safely to Earth.
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B.
Apollo CSM-116
Apollo CSM-116 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s first crewed Skylab mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973.
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C.
Apollo CSM-118
Apollo CSM-118 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s Skylab 4 mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973–1974.
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D.
Command Module 017
Command Module 017 was the uncrewed Apollo command module flown on the Apollo 4 mission to test the Saturn V rocket and validate key systems for future lunar missions.
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E.
Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey
Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey was the main spacecraft of NASA’s ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical in-flight explosion but was famously brought safely back to Earth through improvised problem-solving by the crew and ground control.
- 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: Apollo 16 Command Module Target entity description: The Apollo 16 Command Module was the crew’s primary spacecraft for living, working, and reentry during NASA’s fifth crewed lunar landing mission in 1972.
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A.
Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia
Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia was the spacecraft that housed the crew during the first successful Moon landing mission and returned the astronauts safely to Earth.
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B.
Apollo CSM-116
Apollo CSM-116 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s first crewed Skylab mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973.
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C.
Apollo CSM-118
Apollo CSM-118 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s Skylab 4 mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973–1974.
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D.
Command Module 017
Command Module 017 was the uncrewed Apollo command module flown on the Apollo 4 mission to test the Saturn V rocket and validate key systems for future lunar missions.
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E.
Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey
Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey was the main spacecraft of NASA’s ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical in-flight explosion but was famously brought safely back to Earth through improvised problem-solving by the crew and ground control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo command and service module
ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ |
| carriedCrew |
Charles M. Duke Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John W. Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas K. Mattingly II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewActivities |
living
ⓘ
mission planning and monitoring ⓘ sleeping ⓘ working ⓘ |
| crewCapacity | 3 ⓘ |
| crewPosition |
Command Module Pilot seat for Thomas K. Mattingly II
ⓘ
Commander seat for John W. Young ⓘ Lunar Module Pilot seat for Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ |
| era | Apollo era ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
communication systems
ⓘ
environmental control system ⓘ guidance and navigation system ⓘ heat shield ⓘ reaction control system ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1972-04-16 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionNumber | Apollo 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionSequenceNumber | fifth crewed lunar landing mission ⓘ |
| missionType | lunar landing mission support ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| orbited |
Earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Apollo 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryDate | 1972-04-27 ⓘ |
| reentryDestination | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryMethod | ballistic reentry with parachute splashdown ⓘ |
| roleInMission |
Earth atmospheric reentry vehicle
ⓘ
control center for mission ⓘ primary living quarters for crew ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Earth reentry
ⓘ
command and control ⓘ communications ⓘ crew habitation ⓘ crew operations ⓘ life support ⓘ navigation ⓘ |
| yearOfMission | 1972 ⓘ |
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: Apollo 16 Command Module Description of subject: The Apollo 16 Command Module was the crew’s primary spacecraft for living, working, and reentry during NASA’s fifth crewed lunar landing mission in 1972.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apollo 16 Service Module