Starship Human Landing System

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crewed lunar lander lunar lander spacecraft variant

The Starship Human Landing System is NASA’s selected lunar lander variant of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts between lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface for Artemis missions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Starship Human Landing System canonical	3
Human Landing System	2
NASA Artemis Human Landing System	2
NASA Human Landing System program	1
SpaceX Starship Human Landing System	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T464426 — 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: Starship Human Landing System
Context triple: [Starship launch system, variant, Starship Human Landing System]

A. Starliner spacecraft
The Starliner spacecraft is Boeing’s crewed space capsule designed to transport astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
B. Space Launch System
The Space Launch System is NASA’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts and large payloads beyond low Earth orbit, including missions to the Moon and eventually Mars.
C. Space Transportation System
Space Transportation System is the formal name for NASA’s Space Shuttle program, which developed and operated reusable spacecraft for human spaceflight and orbital missions from 1981 to 2011.
D. Falcon 9 rocket
The Falcon 9 rocket is a partially reusable, two-stage orbital launch vehicle developed by SpaceX that has revolutionized commercial spaceflight through frequent, cost-effective missions and routine booster landings.
E. Dragon spacecraft
The Dragon spacecraft is SpaceX’s reusable cargo and crew capsule designed to transport supplies and astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station and other orbital destinations.
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: Starship Human Landing System
Target entity description: The Starship Human Landing System is NASA’s selected lunar lander variant of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts between lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface for Artemis missions.

A. Starliner spacecraft
The Starliner spacecraft is Boeing’s crewed space capsule designed to transport astronauts to and from low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
B. Space Launch System
The Space Launch System is NASA’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts and large payloads beyond low Earth orbit, including missions to the Moon and eventually Mars.
C. Space Transportation System
Space Transportation System is the formal name for NASA’s Space Shuttle program, which developed and operated reusable spacecraft for human spaceflight and orbital missions from 1981 to 2011.
D. Falcon 9 rocket
The Falcon 9 rocket is a partially reusable, two-stage orbital launch vehicle developed by SpaceX that has revolutionized commercial spaceflight through frequent, cost-effective missions and routine booster landings.
E. Dragon spacecraft
The Dragon spacecraft is SpaceX’s reusable cargo and crew capsule designed to transport supplies and astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station and other orbital destinations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crewed lunar lander ⓘ lunar lander ⓘ spacecraft variant ⓘ
basedOn	SpaceX Starship ⓘ linked to: Super Heavy booster
contractor	SpaceX ⓘ
contractPurpose	development of lunar-optimized Starship lander ⓘ
contractType	firm-fixed-price contract ⓘ
countryOfOperator	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crewCapacity	at least 2 astronauts ⓘ
customer	NASA ⓘ
designedForDestination	Moon ⓘ
designedForMissionType	Moon surface operations ⓘ crewed lunar landing ⓘ lunar orbit to surface transport ⓘ
designedForProgramPhase	Artemis III ⓘ subsequent Artemis lunar landing missions ⓘ
developmentStatus	under development ⓘ
dockingCapability	docks with Orion spacecraft in lunar orbit ⓘ
hasFeature	crew airlock ⓘ cryogenic propellant tanks ⓘ elevator system for crew and cargo to lunar surface ⓘ in-space refueling capability ⓘ large cargo volume ⓘ lunar-optimized landing legs ⓘ solar power generation ⓘ
landingBody	Moon ⓘ
landingEnvironment	airless body ⓘ
launchVehicle	SpaceX Super Heavy booster ⓘ linked to: Super Heavy booster
manufacturer	SpaceX ⓘ
missionProfile	launched from Earth, refueled in Earth orbit, sent to lunar orbit, used as lander ⓘ
missionRole	return astronauts from Moon surface to lunar orbit ⓘ transport astronauts from lunar orbit to Moon surface ⓘ
operator	SpaceX ⓘ
partOfProgram	Artemis program ⓘ
propellant	liquid methane ⓘ liquid oxygen ⓘ
propulsionType	methalox rocket propulsion ⓘ
reusability	partially reusable spacecraft ⓘ
reusabilityDetail	designed for multiple lunar missions with refurbishment ⓘ
selectedBy	NASA Human Landing System program ⓘ linked to: Artemis program
selectionDate	April 2021 ⓘ
spaceAgencyCustomer	NASA ⓘ
spaceAgencyPartner	NASA Johnson Space Center ⓘ linked to: Johnson Space Center NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ linked to: Marshall Space Flight Center
spacecraftFamily	Starship ⓘ
supportsActivity	cargo delivery to lunar surface ⓘ extravehicular activity on lunar surface ⓘ
usesEngineType	Raptor engine ⓘ
usesEngineVariant	Raptor sea-level engine ⓘ linked to: Raptor engine Raptor vacuum engine ⓘ

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