STS-27
E239860
STS-27 was a 1988 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission primarily dedicated to a classified Department of Defense payload.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-27 canonical | 9 |
| STS-27 crew | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1835978 — 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-27 Context triple: [STS-26, followedBy, STS-27]
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A.
STS-26
STS-26 was the 1988 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the program’s return to flight following the Challenger disaster.
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B.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.
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C.
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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D.
STS-7
STS-7 was a 1983 NASA Space Shuttle mission notable for carrying Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space during the flight.
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E.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth 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-27 Target entity description: STS-27 was a 1988 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission primarily dedicated to a classified Department of Defense payload.
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A.
STS-26
STS-26 was the 1988 NASA Space Shuttle mission that marked the program’s return to flight following the Challenger disaster.
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B.
STS-31
STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.
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C.
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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D.
STS-7
STS-7 was a 1983 NASA Space Shuttle mission notable for carrying Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space during the flight.
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E.
STS-43
STS-43 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission that deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) and conducted a variety of scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ classified Department of Defense mission ⓘ |
| callsign | Atlantis ⓘ |
| classifiedBy |
United States Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| commander | Robert L. Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewMember |
Guy S. Gardner
ⓘ
Jerry L. Ross ⓘ Richard M. Mullane ⓘ Robert L. Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ William M. Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 5 ⓘ |
| crewSurvived | true ⓘ |
| damageEvent | severe thermal protection system damage ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-29 ⓘ |
| heatShieldIssue | loss and damage of many thermal protection tiles ⓘ |
| inclination | 57.0 degrees ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1988-12-06 ⓘ |
| landingMass | ~86,000 kg ⓘ |
| landingRunway | Edwards AFB Runway 17 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1988-12-02 ⓘ |
| launchMass | ~116,000 kg ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
4 days
ⓘ
4 days 9 minutes ⓘ |
| missionPatchFeature |
American bald eagle
ⓘ
Department of Defense symbolism ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Jerry L. Ross
ⓘ
Richard M. Mullane ⓘ William M. Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType | Department of Defense payload deployment ⓘ |
| NASAProgram | Space Transportation System ⓘ |
| notableFor | extensive damage to Atlantis heat shield tiles ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbit |
Low Earth orbit
ⓘ
linked to:
low Earth orbit
|
| orbiter | Atlantis ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 68 ⓘ |
| payload | classified Department of Defense satellite ⓘ |
| pilot | Guy S. Gardner ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-26 ⓘ |
| riskAssessment | post-flight determined to have been close to loss of orbiter ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleProgram |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| year | 1988 ⓘ |
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-27 Description of subject: STS-27 was a 1988 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis mission primarily dedicated to a classified Department of Defense payload.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: STS-27