STS-96
E202962
STS-96 was a 1999 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that performed the first docking with the International Space Station after its initial assembly flights, delivering supplies and equipment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-96 canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1639151 — 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-96 Context triple: [STS-88, followedBy, STS-96]
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A.
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.
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B.
STS-95
STS-95 was a 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for carrying John Glenn back into space at age 77, making him the oldest person to fly in orbit.
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C.
STS-90
STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on neuroscience research as part of NASA’s Neurolab program.
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D.
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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E.
STS-88
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, delivering and assembling its initial U.S. and Russian modules in orbit.
- 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-96 Target entity description: STS-96 was a 1999 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that performed the first docking with the International Space Station after its initial assembly flights, delivering supplies and equipment.
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A.
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.
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B.
STS-95
STS-95 was a 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for carrying John Glenn back into space at age 77, making him the oldest person to fly in orbit.
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C.
STS-90
STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on neuroscience research as part of NASA’s Neurolab program.
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D.
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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E.
STS-88
STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, delivering and assembling its initial U.S. and Russian modules in orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery mission ⓘ Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| delivered |
ORU Transfer Device (OTD)
ⓘ
Russian cargo crane Strela ⓘ cargo to Unity module ⓘ logistics and supplies to ISS ⓘ tools and equipment for ISS maintenance ⓘ |
| destination |
International Space Station
ⓘ
Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to:
low Earth orbit
|
| EVAObjective |
attach tools and handrails to ISS
ⓘ
connect electrical and data cables on ISS exterior ⓘ deploy U.S. and Russian cargo on ISS exterior ⓘ inspect ISS exterior ⓘ install ORU Transfer Device ⓘ install Russian cargo crane Strela ⓘ install TV camera cables and fixtures ⓘ install U.S. built crane components ⓘ install U.S. built tools for ISS assembly ⓘ install covers and protective equipment on ISS ⓘ install docking aids and targets ⓘ install equipment on ISS exterior ⓘ install equipment on Zarya module ⓘ
linked to:
ISS module Zarya
install external lights and brackets on ISS ⓘ install external storage fixtures ⓘ install external tool boxes on ISS ⓘ install foot restraints and tether points ⓘ install handrails on Unity module ⓘ prepare ISS for future Shuttle dockings ⓘ prepare Unity and Zarya for future modules ⓘ |
| firstDockingWithISS | true ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-96 was followed by STS-103 in the Space Shuttle flight sequence ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1999-06-06 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1999-05-27 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 9 days 19 hours 13 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumber | 96 ⓘ |
| missionType |
ISS assembly and resupply
ⓘ
Logistics to International Space Station ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbiter | Discovery ⓘ |
| partOf | ISS assembly phase ⓘ |
| performedEVA | 2 ⓘ |
| precededBy |
STS-96 was preceded by STS-93 in the Space Shuttle flight sequence
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-93
|
| program |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| wasFirstShuttleDockingToISS | true ⓘ |
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-96 Description of subject: STS-96 was a 1999 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that performed the first docking with the International Space Station after its initial assembly flights, delivering supplies and equipment.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.