Robert L. Behnken
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Robert L. Behnken is a NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force officer known for multiple Space Shuttle missions and helping lead the first crewed SpaceX Dragon flight to the International Space Station.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert L. Behnken canonical | 7 |
| Bob Behnken | 2 |
| Robert Behnken | 1 |
| Robert Louis Behnken | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7727706 — 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: Robert L. Behnken Context triple: [Crew Dragon Demo-2, crewMember, Robert L. Behnken]
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A.
Hank Worden
Hank Worden was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in Western films, particularly in collaborations with director John Ford and star John Wayne.
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B.
Ryan Engle
Ryan Engle is an American screenwriter known for penning high-concept action thrillers such as "Non-Stop," "The Commuter," and "Rampage."
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C.
Douglas Hurley
Douglas Hurley is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel and NASA astronaut best known for piloting the final Space Shuttle mission STS-135 and later commanding SpaceX’s first crewed flight, Demo-2.
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D.
Victor Glover
Victor Glover is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain known for his role as pilot on SpaceX Crew-1 and as the first Black astronaut to live on the International Space Station for an extended stay.
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E.
Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan is an American actor best known for his role as Toby Damon on the television drama series "This Is Us."
- 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: Robert L. Behnken Target entity description: Robert L. Behnken is a NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force officer known for multiple Space Shuttle missions and helping lead the first crewed SpaceX Dragon flight to the International Space Station.
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A.
Hank Worden
Hank Worden was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in Western films, particularly in collaborations with director John Ford and star John Wayne.
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B.
Ryan Engle
Ryan Engle is an American screenwriter known for penning high-concept action thrillers such as "Non-Stop," "The Commuter," and "Rampage."
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C.
Douglas Hurley
Douglas Hurley is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel and NASA astronaut best known for piloting the final Space Shuttle mission STS-135 and later commanding SpaceX’s first crewed flight, Demo-2.
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D.
Victor Glover
Victor Glover is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain known for his role as pilot on SpaceX Crew-1 and as the first Black astronaut to live on the International Space Station for an extended stay.
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E.
Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan is an American actor best known for his role as Toby Damon on the television drama series "This Is Us."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA astronaut
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United States Air Force officer ⓘ aerospace engineer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater |
California Institute of Technology
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Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Air Force Commendation Medal
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Defense Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ NASA Space Flight Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1970-07-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
St. Ann, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Ann, Missouri
|
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
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Bachelor of Science in Physics ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ |
| employer |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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linked to:
NASA
|
| familyName | Behnken ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | aerospace engineering ⓘ |
| fullName |
Robert Louis Behnken
ⓘ
linked to:
Robert L. Behnken
|
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon 9
ⓘ
linked to:
Falcon 9 rocket
Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| missionRole |
joint operations commander on SpaceX Demo-2
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mission specialist on STS-123 ⓘ mission specialist on STS-130 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first astronauts to fly on SpaceX Crew Dragon
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multiple spacewalks to upgrade the International Space Station power systems ⓘ participating in the first crewed orbital flight launched from the United States since the Space Shuttle retirement ⓘ |
| numberOfSpacewalks | 10 ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ |
| position | Chief of the Astronaut Office (acting) ⓘ |
| selectedAsAstronaut | 2000 ⓘ |
| servedOnSpaceStationExpedition |
Expedition 16 (as visiting crew)
ⓘ
linked to:
Expedition 16
Expedition 22 (as visiting crew) ⓘ
linked to:
Expedition 22
Expedition 63 ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft |
Crew Dragon Endeavour
ⓘ
linked to:
Crew Dragon Freedom
Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ |
| spaceMission |
Expedition 63
ⓘ
STS-123 ⓘ STS-130 ⓘ SpaceX Demo-2 ⓘ
linked to:
Crew Dragon Demo-2
|
| spouse | Megan McArthur ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
NASA astronaut
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Astronaut Corps
|
| timeInSpace | over 90 days ⓘ |
| totalEVAHours | over 60 hours ⓘ |
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: Robert L. Behnken Description of subject: Robert L. Behnken is a NASA astronaut and former U.S. Air Force officer known for multiple Space Shuttle missions and helping lead the first crewed SpaceX Dragon flight to the International Space Station.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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