Apollo 11
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Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
All labels observed (16)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T93057 — 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 11 Context triple: [NASA, launchedMission, Apollo 11]
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A.
Apollo program
The Apollo program was NASA’s landmark human spaceflight initiative that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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B.
Gemini program
The Gemini program was NASA’s second human spaceflight project in the 1960s, designed to develop critical space travel techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and long-duration missions that paved the way for the Apollo Moon landings.
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C.
Mercury program
The Mercury program was the United States' first human spaceflight initiative, designed to send American astronauts into space and orbit Earth during the early 1960s.
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Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
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E.
Saturn V
Saturn V was a powerful American heavy-lift launch vehicle used during the Apollo and Skylab programs to send astronauts and payloads into space, including missions to the Moon.
- 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 11 Target entity description: Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
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A.
Apollo program
The Apollo program was NASA’s landmark human spaceflight initiative that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth during the 1960s and early 1970s.
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B.
Gemini program
The Gemini program was NASA’s second human spaceflight project in the 1960s, designed to develop critical space travel techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and long-duration missions that paved the way for the Apollo Moon landings.
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C.
Mercury program
The Mercury program was the United States' first human spaceflight initiative, designed to send American astronauts into space and orbit Earth during the early 1960s.
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D.
Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
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Saturn V
Saturn V was a powerful American heavy-lift launch vehicle used during the Apollo and Skylab programs to send astronauts and payloads into space, including missions to the Moon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space mission
ⓘ
crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ lunar landing mission ⓘ |
| backupCommander | Jim Lovell ⓘ |
| backupCommandModulePilot | William Anders ⓘ |
| backupLunarModulePilot | Fred Haise ⓘ |
| callSignCommandModule | Columbia ⓘ |
| callSignLunarModule | Eagle ⓘ |
| commander |
Neil Armstrong
ⓘ
linked to:
Neil A. Armstrong
|
| commandModule | Columbia ⓘ |
| commandModulePilot | Michael Collins ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewMember |
Buzz Aldrin
ⓘ
Michael Collins ⓘ Neil Armstrong ⓘ
linked to:
Neil A. Armstrong
|
| crewQuarantineDuration | 21 days after splashdown ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| distanceTraveled |
about 1.53 million kilometers
ⓘ
about 952000 miles ⓘ |
| evaCount | 1 lunar surface EVA ⓘ |
| evaDuration | about 2 hours 31 minutes ⓘ |
| firstHumanMoonLanding | true ⓘ |
| followedBy | Apollo 12 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first mission to land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth ⓘ |
| landingMethod | ocean splashdown ⓘ |
| landingSite |
North Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Ocean
|
| launchDate | 1969-07-16 ⓘ |
| launchLocation |
Merritt Island, Florida, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Merritt Island
|
| launchSite |
Kennedy Space Center
ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Saturn V
ⓘ
Saturn V SA-506 ⓘ
linked to:
Saturn V
|
| lunarLandingCoordinates | 0.67408°N 23.47297°E ⓘ |
| lunarLandingDate | 1969-07-20 ⓘ |
| lunarLandingSite |
Mare Tranquillitatis
ⓘ
Sea of Tranquility ⓘ
linked to:
Mare Tranquillitatis
|
| lunarModule | Eagle ⓘ |
| lunarModulePilot | Buzz Aldrin ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 8 days 3 hours 18 minutes ⓘ |
| missionDurationHours | 195.3 ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 11 ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
ⓘ
The Eagle has landed. ⓘ |
| objective |
collect lunar samples
ⓘ
demonstrate capability to land humans on the Moon ⓘ deploy scientific experiments on the lunar surface ⓘ perform a crewed lunar landing and return safely to Earth ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| precededBy | Apollo 10 ⓘ |
| primeContractorCommandModule |
North American Rockwell
ⓘ
linked to:
Rockwell International
|
| primeContractorLunarModule |
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Grumman
|
| program | Apollo program ⓘ |
| returnRecoveryShip | USS Hornet (CV-12) ⓘ |
| samplesReturnedMass | about 21.5 kilograms ⓘ |
| serviceModule |
Apollo Service Module
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo command and service module
|
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft |
Apollo 11 spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollo command and service module
|
| spaceRaceContext | major milestone in the Cold War-era Space Race ⓘ |
| splashdownDate | 1969-07-24 ⓘ |
| status | completed ⓘ |
| televisionBroadcast | first live TV broadcast of humans on the Moon ⓘ |
| timeOnLunarSurface | about 21 hours 36 minutes ⓘ |
| worldwideViewersEstimate | hundreds of millions of people ⓘ |
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: Apollo 11 Description of subject: Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
Referenced by (125)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Apollo 11
subject linked to:
Karen Armstrong
subject linked to:
Karen Armstrong
linked to: Apollo 11
linked to: Apollo 11
subject linked to:
Blume High School
linked to: Apollo 11
linked to: Apollo 11
linked to: Apollo 11
linked to: Apollo 11
linked to: Apollo 11
linked to: Apollo 11
linked to: Apollo 11
subject linked to:
Janice Aldrin
subject linked to:
Janice Aldrin
linked to: Apollo 11
subject linked to:
Joan Archer
subject linked to:
Launch pads 39A and 39B
linked to: Apollo 11