Peggy Whitson
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Peggy Whitson is a NASA astronaut and biochemist renowned for holding the U.S. record for most cumulative time spent in space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peggy Whitson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11064241 — 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: Peggy Whitson Context triple: [Iowa Wesleyan College, hasNotableAlumni, Peggy Whitson]
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A.
Sandra Magnus
Sandra Magnus is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent several months aboard the International Space Station.
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B.
Christina Koch
Christina Koch is a NASA astronaut and electrical engineer best known for holding the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman and for participating in the first all-female spacewalk.
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C.
Sunita Williams
Sunita Williams is a NASA astronaut and former U.S. Navy test pilot known for her long-duration stays on the International Space Station and holding records for spacewalks by a woman.
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D.
Shannon Lucid
Shannon Lucid is an American biochemist and NASA astronaut known for holding long-duration spaceflight records and serving on multiple Space Shuttle and Mir space missions.
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E.
Barbara Morgan
Barbara Morgan is a former American teacher and NASA astronaut who became the first educator astronaut to fly in space on the STS-118 Space Shuttle mission.
- 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: Peggy Whitson Target entity description: Peggy Whitson is a NASA astronaut and biochemist renowned for holding the U.S. record for most cumulative time spent in space.
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A.
Sandra Magnus
Sandra Magnus is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent several months aboard the International Space Station.
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B.
Christina Koch
Christina Koch is a NASA astronaut and electrical engineer best known for holding the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman and for participating in the first all-female spacewalk.
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C.
Sunita Williams
Sunita Williams is a NASA astronaut and former U.S. Navy test pilot known for her long-duration stays on the International Space Station and holding records for spacewalks by a woman.
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D.
Shannon Lucid
Shannon Lucid is an American biochemist and NASA astronaut known for holding long-duration spaceflight records and serving on multiple Space Shuttle and Mir space missions.
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E.
Barbara Morgan
Barbara Morgan is a former American teacher and NASA astronaut who became the first educator astronaut to fly in space on the STS-118 Space Shuttle mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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astronaut ⓘ biochemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Biology
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Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry ⓘ |
| associatedWith | International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
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NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Space Flight Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-02-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Iowa Wesleyan College
NERFINISHED
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Rice University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | NASA ⓘ |
| familyName | Whitson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
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spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName | Peggy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| milestone | oldest woman to fly in space at the time of her later missions ⓘ |
| name | Peggy Whitson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first woman to command the International Space Station twice
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first woman to serve as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-duration spaceflight
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record-setting cumulative time in space by a U.S. astronaut ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
biochemist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mount Ayr, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of the Astronaut Office
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Commander of the International Space Station ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
cell biology
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space life sciences ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronautBy | NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
Axiom Mission 2
NERFINISHED
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Expedition 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ Expedition 52 NERFINISHED ⓘ STS-111 NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz MS-03 NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz TMA-11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalTimeInSpace | more than 650 days ⓘ |
| totalTimeInSpaceRecord | U.S. record for most cumulative time in space ⓘ |
| workLocation | Johnson Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfAstronautSelection | 1996 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Peggy Whitson Description of subject: Peggy Whitson is a NASA astronaut and biochemist renowned for holding the U.S. record for most cumulative time spent in space.
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