STS-72
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STS-72 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on retrieving a Japanese space flyer unit and conducting spacewalks to test equipment for future construction of the International Space Station.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| STS-72 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19742081 — 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: STS-72 Context triple: [Brian Duffy, spaceMission, STS-72]
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A.
STS-71
STS-71 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the first docking of a Space Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir, advancing U.S.–Russian space cooperation.
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B.
STS-73
STS-73 was a 1995 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity research in the United States Microgravity Laboratory-2 (USML-2).
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C.
STS-79
STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
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D.
STS-32
STS-32 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission flown by Columbia in January 1990 that deployed a communications satellite and retrieved the Long Duration Exposure Facility from orbit.
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E.
STS-76
STS-76 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering astronaut Shannon Lucid to the Russian Mir space station for a long-duration stay.
- 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: STS-72 Target entity description: STS-72 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on retrieving a Japanese space flyer unit and conducting spacewalks to test equipment for future construction of the International Space Station.
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A.
STS-71
STS-71 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the first docking of a Space Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir, advancing U.S.–Russian space cooperation.
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B.
STS-73
STS-73 was a 1995 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity research in the United States Microgravity Laboratory-2 (USML-2).
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C.
STS-79
STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
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D.
STS-32
STS-32 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission flown by Columbia in January 1990 that deployed a communications satellite and retrieved the Long Duration Exposure Facility from orbit.
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E.
STS-76
STS-76 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering astronaut Shannon Lucid to the Russian Mir space station for a long-duration stay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.