Lazarus mission follow-up via Endurance

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crewed interstellar expedition fictional space mission

The Lazarus mission follow-up via Endurance is the later, crewed expedition in *Interstellar* that travels through the wormhole aboard the spacecraft Endurance to investigate the viability of previously scouted planets for humanity’s survival.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Lazarus missions	3
Lazarus mission follow-up via Endurance canonical	1
Lazarus mission to Edmunds’ planet	1
Lazarus mission to planet Mann	1
Lazarus missions (conceptually)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6334014 — 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: Lazarus mission follow-up via Endurance
Context triple: [Brand (Interstellar), participatesIn, Lazarus mission follow-up via Endurance]

A. Clementine mission
The Clementine mission was a 1994 joint U.S. Department of Defense and NASA spacecraft mission primarily designed to test space-based technologies while mapping the Moon’s surface in detail.
B. BepiColombo mission
The BepiColombo mission is a joint ESA–JAXA spacecraft mission designed to study the planet Mercury’s composition, magnetic field, and environment through dual orbiters.
C. Mars Sample Return campaign
The Mars Sample Return campaign is a multi-mission NASA–ESA initiative to collect Martian rock and soil samples and return them to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
D. Artemis III
Artemis III is a planned NASA mission intended to return humans to the lunar surface, including the first woman and next man to land on the Moon, as part of the broader Artemis lunar exploration program.
E. Dawn mission
The Dawn mission was a NASA space probe that studied the two largest bodies in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres, to investigate the conditions and processes of the early solar system.
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: Lazarus mission follow-up via Endurance
Target entity description: The Lazarus mission follow-up via Endurance is the later, crewed expedition in *Interstellar* that travels through the wormhole aboard the spacecraft Endurance to investigate the viability of previously scouted planets for humanity’s survival.

A. Clementine mission
The Clementine mission was a 1994 joint U.S. Department of Defense and NASA spacecraft mission primarily designed to test space-based technologies while mapping the Moon’s surface in detail.
B. BepiColombo mission
The BepiColombo mission is a joint ESA–JAXA spacecraft mission designed to study the planet Mercury’s composition, magnetic field, and environment through dual orbiters.
C. Mars Sample Return campaign
The Mars Sample Return campaign is a multi-mission NASA–ESA initiative to collect Martian rock and soil samples and return them to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis.
D. Artemis III
Artemis III is a planned NASA mission intended to return humans to the lunar surface, including the first woman and next man to land on the Moon, as part of the broader Artemis lunar exploration program.
E. Dawn mission
The Dawn mission was a NASA space probe that studied the two largest bodies in the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres, to investigate the conditions and processes of the early solar system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crewed interstellar expedition ⓘ fictional space mission ⓘ
appearsIn	Interstellar ⓘ
backupPlan	Plan B colonization strategy ⓘ
commandedBy	Joseph Cooper ⓘ
context	global crop failures and environmental collapse on Earth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States (film production) ⓘ
crewMember	Amelia Brand ⓘ Doyle ⓘ Joseph Cooper ⓘ Romilly ⓘ
destinationGalaxy	galaxy near supermassive black hole Gargantua ⓘ
enables	solution of gravity equation to save humanity ⓘ transmission of quantum data from inside Gargantua ⓘ
filmDirector	Christopher Nolan ⓘ
filmReleaseYear	2014 ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ
goal	find a new habitable world for humanity ⓘ investigate viability of previously scouted planets for human survival ⓘ
launchSite	secret NASA facility ⓘ
leadsTo	approach to Edmunds’ planet ⓘ exploration of Mann’s planet ⓘ exploration of Miller’s planet ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ
missionType	follow-up to Lazarus missions ⓘ planetary habitability survey ⓘ
narrativeFunction	central plot device of Interstellar ⓘ
notableFeature	realistic depiction of relativistic effects ⓘ use of rotating spacecraft for artificial gravity ⓘ
organization	NASA (fictional depiction) ⓘ linked to: NASA
outcome	successful arrival at Edmunds’ planet (implied future colonization) ⓘ
predecessor	Lazarus missions ⓘ
primaryPlan	Plan A evacuation of Earth’s population ⓘ
propulsion	Endurance spin-gravity spacecraft ⓘ
relatedTo	Lazarus mission data beacons ⓘ Professor Brand’s gravity equation ⓘ
risk	extreme time dilation near Gargantua ⓘ limited fuel and resources ⓘ uncertain data from Lazarus missions ⓘ
robotCrew	CASE ⓘ TARS ⓘ
sacrifice	Joseph Cooper’s fall into Gargantua ⓘ
scientificLead	Amelia Brand ⓘ
spacecraftUsed	Endurance ⓘ
timeline	late 21st century (approximate, fictional) ⓘ
universe	Interstellar universe ⓘ
uses	wormhole near Saturn ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brand (Interstellar) → participatesIn → Lazarus mission follow-up via Endurance ⓘ

subject linked to: Brand

Edmunds’ planet → partOf → Lazarus missions ⓘ