Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4
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Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4 was the final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, commanded by astronaut Gerald P. Carr and notable for setting a then-record for the longest human spaceflight.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13040102 — 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: Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4 Context triple: [NASA Astronaut Group 6, memberFlewOnMission, Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4]
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A.
Stuart A. Roosa
Stuart A. Roosa was a NASA astronaut and command module pilot on Apollo 14, known for orbiting the Moon while his crewmates explored the lunar surface.
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B.
Edward D. White
Edward D. White was the ninth Chief Justice of the United States, known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role on the Supreme Court in the early 20th century.
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C.
Edward J. White
Edward J. White was an American film producer known for his work on mid-20th-century Westerns and genre pictures.
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D.
Jack Swigert
Jack Swigert was an American astronaut, test pilot, and politician best known as the command module pilot of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission.
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E.
Jerry Linenger
Jerry Linenger is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy flight surgeon best known for his long-duration, often perilous mission aboard the Russian Mir space station in the late 1990s.
- 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: Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4 Target entity description: Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4 was the final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, commanded by astronaut Gerald P. Carr and notable for setting a then-record for the longest human spaceflight.
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A.
Stuart A. Roosa
Stuart A. Roosa was a NASA astronaut and command module pilot on Apollo 14, known for orbiting the Moon while his crewmates explored the lunar surface.
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B.
Edward D. White
Edward D. White was the ninth Chief Justice of the United States, known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role on the Supreme Court in the early 20th century.
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C.
Edward J. White
Edward J. White was an American film producer known for his work on mid-20th-century Westerns and genre pictures.
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D.
Jack Swigert
Jack Swigert was an American astronaut, test pilot, and politician best known as the command module pilot of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission.
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E.
Jerry Linenger
Jerry Linenger is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy flight surgeon best known for his long-duration, often perilous mission aboard the Russian Mir space station in the late 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space mission
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Skylab program mission ⓘ crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ space station expedition ⓘ |
| commander | Gerald P. Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| crewMember |
Edward G. Gibson
NERFINISHED
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Gerald P. Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ William R. Pogue ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| CSMSerialNumber | CSM-118 ⓘ |
| dockingTarget | Skylab Orbital Workshop ⓘ |
| EVAcount | 4 ⓘ |
| followedBy | no further crewed Skylab missions ⓘ |
| landingDate |
1974-02-08
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8 February 1974 ⓘ |
| landingMethod | splashdown ⓘ |
| landingSite | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| launchDate |
16 November 1973
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1973-11-16 ⓘ |
| launchLocation |
Florida
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Kennedy Space Center ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn IB ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
84 days
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84 days 1 hour 16 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumber | third crewed Skylab mission ⓘ |
| missionType |
Earth observation mission
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long‑duration space station mission ⓘ microgravity research mission ⓘ solar observation mission ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
crew reported workload and scheduling issues early in the mission
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mission contributed data on human adaptation to long‑duration spaceflight ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | 50 degrees ⓘ |
| partOf | Skylab program ⓘ |
| pilot | William R. Pogue ⓘ |
| precededBy | Skylab 3 ⓘ |
| primaryObjectives |
Earth resources observations
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medical studies of long‑duration spaceflight ⓘ solar astronomy observations ⓘ technology experiments ⓘ |
| programOutcome | helped validate feasibility of long‑duration human spaceflight ⓘ |
| recordHeld | longest human spaceflight at the time of the mission ⓘ |
| recoveryShip | USS New Orleans ⓘ |
| reentryVehicle |
Apollo command module
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo command and service module
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| sciencePilot | Edward G. Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequenceInProgram | final crewed Skylab mission ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Apollo CSM-118 ⓘ |
| spaceStationVisited |
Skylab
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linked to:
Skylab Orbital Workshop
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| totalEVAtime | 22 hours 21 minutes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4 Description of subject: Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 4 was the final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, commanded by astronaut Gerald P. Carr and notable for setting a then-record for the longest human spaceflight.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.