Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America
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Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America was the spacecraft that carried the crew of NASA’s final Apollo lunar mission to and from the Moon in December 1972.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America canonical | 2 |
| Apollo 17 CSM | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11485550 — 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 17 Command and Service Module America Context triple: [Harrison H. Schmitt, wasOnBoard, Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America]
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A.
Apollo 15 Command and Service Module
The Apollo 15 Command and Service Module was the spacecraft that housed the crew and main propulsion systems for NASA’s fourth crewed lunar landing mission in 1971.
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B.
Apollo 16 Command Module
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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C.
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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D.
Apollo 14 Command and Service Module
The Apollo 14 Command and Service Module was the main spacecraft that carried astronauts between Earth and lunar orbit during NASA’s Apollo 14 mission, supporting the lunar module Antares.
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E.
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.
- 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 17 Command and Service Module America Target entity description: Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America was the spacecraft that carried the crew of NASA’s final Apollo lunar mission to and from the Moon in December 1972.
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A.
Apollo 15 Command and Service Module
The Apollo 15 Command and Service Module was the spacecraft that housed the crew and main propulsion systems for NASA’s fourth crewed lunar landing mission in 1971.
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B.
Apollo 16 Command Module
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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C.
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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D.
Apollo 14 Command and Service Module
The Apollo 14 Command and Service Module was the main spacecraft that carried astronauts between Earth and lunar orbit during NASA’s Apollo 14 mission, supporting the lunar module Antares.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo Command and Service Module
ⓘ
crewed spacecraft ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ |
| callSign | America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedCrew |
Eugene Cernan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harrison Schmitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandModuleName | America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandModulePilotStayedIn | lunar orbit ⓘ |
| commandModuleType | Apollo Command Module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCapacity | 3 ⓘ |
| crewEVAFromCM | Ronald Evans deep-space EVA to retrieve film canisters ⓘ |
| crewPosition |
Eugene Cernan – Commander (overall mission, primarily in Lunar Module)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harrison Schmitt – Lunar Module Pilot ⓘ Ronald Evans – Command Module Pilot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dockedWith | Apollo 17 Lunar Module Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalApolloLunarMission | true ⓘ |
| heatShieldFunction | protected crew during atmospheric reentry ⓘ |
| heatShieldType | ablative heat shield ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1972-12-07 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | North American Rockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission | Apollo 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 12 days ⓘ |
| missionEndEvent | splashdown in Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| missionNotableFor |
last Saturn V crewed launch
ⓘ
last crewed Apollo lunar landing mission ⓘ |
| missionRole |
return crew from lunar orbit to Earth
ⓘ
transport crew to lunar orbit ⓘ |
| missionStartEvent | launch from Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| missionType | lunar landing support ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbited |
Earth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Apollo 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | fuel cells ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredBy | USS Ticonderoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryLocation | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryDate | 1972-12-19 ⓘ |
| returnedComponent | Command Module only; Service Module jettisoned before reentry ⓘ |
| returnedToEarth | with lunar samples and crew ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Saturn V S-IVB stage after translunar injection ⓘ |
| serviceModuleType | Apollo Service Module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servicePropulsionSystem | AJ10-137 engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftMassClass | about 30 metric tons (CSM combined, approximate) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America Description of subject: Apollo 17 Command and Service Module America was the spacecraft that carried the crew of NASA’s final Apollo lunar mission to and from the Moon in December 1972.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apollo 17 CSM