STS
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STS is the standard mission designation prefix used for NASA’s Space Shuttle flights, standing for Space Transportation System.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS canonical | 4 |
| Space Shuttle STS missions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1523481 — 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 Context triple: [Space Transportation System, missionDesignationPrefix, STS]
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A.
STS-135
STS-135 was the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program, flown by Atlantis in 2011 to resupply the International Space Station and conclude the shuttle era.
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B.
STS-109
STS-109 was a NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission in 2002 that upgraded and refurbished the Hubble Space Telescope, significantly enhancing its scientific capabilities.
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C.
STS-125
STS-125 was NASA’s final Space Shuttle servicing mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, extending its scientific capabilities and operational life.
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D.
STS-120
STS-120 was a 2007 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station that delivered the Harmony (Node 2) module and featured a dramatic solar array repair spacewalk.
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E.
STS-103
STS-103 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in 1999 dedicated to repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope to extend its operational life and scientific capabilities.
- 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 Target entity description: STS is the standard mission designation prefix used for NASA’s Space Shuttle flights, standing for Space Transportation System.
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A.
STS-135
STS-135 was the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program, flown by Atlantis in 2011 to resupply the International Space Station and conclude the shuttle era.
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B.
STS-109
STS-109 was a NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission in 2002 that upgraded and refurbished the Hubble Space Telescope, significantly enhancing its scientific capabilities.
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C.
STS-125
STS-125 was NASA’s final Space Shuttle servicing mission to upgrade and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, extending its scientific capabilities and operational life.
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D.
STS-120
STS-120 was a 2007 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station that delivered the Harmony (Node 2) module and featured a dramatic solar array repair spacewalk.
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E.
STS-103
STS-103 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in 1999 dedicated to repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope to extend its operational life and scientific capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA program identifier
ⓘ
mission designation prefix ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Space Shuttle missions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Space Transportation System program
ⓘ
linked to:
Space Transportation System
orbiter vehicles ⓘ |
| category | space mission designation system ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| domain | human spaceflight ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
STS-XX
ⓘ
STS-XXX ⓘ |
| hasNotableExample |
STS-1
ⓘ
STS-107 ⓘ STS-51-L ⓘ |
| language | English abbreviation ⓘ |
| namingConvention | sequential mission numbering ⓘ |
| operator |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA
|
| partOf |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| relatedTo |
Space Shuttle Atlantis
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| standsFor | Space Transportation System ⓘ |
| usedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Space Shuttle flights
ⓘ
linked to:
Space Shuttle
|
| usedIn | mission designations ⓘ |
| usedInProgramPhase | operational Space Shuttle era ⓘ |
| usedSince | 1981 ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 2011 ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: STS Description of subject: STS is the standard mission designation prefix used for NASA’s Space Shuttle flights, standing for Space Transportation System.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.