Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)

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NASA program cargo resupply program

Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) is a NASA program that contracts private companies, such as SpaceX and Northrop Grumman, to deliver cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Commercial Resupply Services	28
Commercial Resupply Services 2	4
NASA Commercial Resupply Services 2	3
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) canonical	2
Commercial Resupply Services Phase 1	2
NASA Commercial Resupply Services	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2607811 — 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: Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)
Context triple: [Common Berthing Mechanism (Cargo Dragon 1), usedOnMissionType, Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)]

A. Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1) was SpaceX’s first operational Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.
B. NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
The NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program is an initiative that partnered with private companies to develop and demonstrate commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the International Space Station.
C. SpaceX CRS-10
SpaceX CRS-10 was a NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission that delivered cargo to the International Space Station as part of SpaceX’s Commercial Resupply Services program.
D. SpaceX Dragon program
The SpaceX Dragon program is a family of reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX to transport cargo and crew to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
E. Commercial Crew Program
The Commercial Crew Program is a NASA initiative that partners with private companies to develop and operate crewed spacecraft for transporting astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
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: Commercial Resupply Services (CRS)
Target entity description: Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) is a NASA program that contracts private companies, such as SpaceX and Northrop Grumman, to deliver cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.

A. Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1) was SpaceX’s first operational Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.
B. NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
The NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program is an initiative that partnered with private companies to develop and demonstrate commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the International Space Station.
C. CRS-20
CRS-20 was the final NASA Commercial Resupply Services mission flown by SpaceX’s first-generation Dragon spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
D. SpaceX CRS-10
SpaceX CRS-10 was a NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission that delivered cargo to the International Space Station as part of SpaceX’s Commercial Resupply Services program.
E. SpaceX Dragon program
The SpaceX Dragon program is a family of reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX to transport cargo and crew to and from low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA program ⓘ cargo resupply program ⓘ
abbreviation	CRS ⓘ
benefit	encourages commercial space industry ⓘ reduces NASA dependence on government-owned cargo vehicles ⓘ
cargoType	crew supplies ⓘ pressurized cargo ⓘ scientific experiments ⓘ spare parts ⓘ unpressurized cargo ⓘ
contractor	Northrop Grumman ⓘ Orbital ATK ⓘ Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ Sierra Nevada Corporation ⓘ SpaceX ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
customer	NASA ⓘ
destinationOrbit	low Earth orbit ⓘ
firstOperationalMissionYear	2012 ⓘ
firstOrbitalSciencesCRSMission	Orb-1 ⓘ
firstSpaceXCRSMission	SpaceX CRS-1 ⓘ linked to: Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1)
fundingModel	commercial services contract ⓘ fixed-price contract ⓘ
launchVehicleUsed	Antares ⓘ Atlas V ⓘ Falcon 9 ⓘ linked to: Falcon 9 rocket
managedBy	NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office ⓘ linked to: Commercial Crew Program NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate ⓘ
missionType	uncrewed cargo resupply ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
phase	CRS-1 ⓘ linked to: Commercial Resupply Services 1 (CRS-1) CRS-2 ⓘ
predecessor	Space Shuttle ISS logistics flights ⓘ
purpose	deliver cargo to the International Space Station ⓘ deliver experiments to the International Space Station ⓘ deliver supplies to the International Space Station ⓘ resupply the International Space Station ⓘ
relatedProgram	Commercial Crew Program ⓘ Commercial Orbital Transportation Services ⓘ linked to: NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program
spacecraftUsed	Cygnus spacecraft ⓘ Dream Chaser Cargo System ⓘ linked to: Dream Chaser spaceplane SpaceX Cargo Dragon ⓘ SpaceX Dragon ⓘ linked to: SpaceX Cargo Dragon
spaceStationServed	International Space Station ⓘ
startYear	2008 ⓘ
status	ongoing ⓘ
uses	commercial cargo spacecraft ⓘ commercial launch vehicles ⓘ

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