Boeing Commercial Crew program
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The Boeing Commercial Crew program is Boeing’s initiative to develop and operate crewed spacecraft, notably the CST-100 Starliner, to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boeing Starliner program | 2 |
| Boeing CST-100 Starliner program | 1 |
| Boeing Commercial Crew program canonical | 1 |
| Boeing commercial crew selection | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9635271 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Boeing Commercial Crew program Context triple: [Christopher Ferguson, workLocation, Boeing Commercial Crew program]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D.
Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
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E.
Boe-CFT (Crew Flight Test)
Boe-CFT (Crew Flight Test) is Boeing’s planned inaugural crewed demonstration mission of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boeing Commercial Crew program Target entity description: The Boeing Commercial Crew program is Boeing’s initiative to develop and operate crewed spacecraft, notably the CST-100 Starliner, to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
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Boe-CFT (Crew Flight Test)
Boe-CFT (Crew Flight Test) is Boeing’s planned inaugural crewed demonstration mission of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial crew transportation program
ⓘ
human spaceflight program ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Boeing CCP ⓘ |
| competitor |
SpaceX Commercial Crew Program
ⓘ
linked to:
SpaceX Dragon program
SpaceX Crew Dragon program ⓘ
linked to:
SpaceX Dragon program
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| contractAwardedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| contractAwardRound | Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) ⓘ |
| contractAwardYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| contractType | fixed-price contract ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| crewCapacity | up to 7 astronauts per Starliner spacecraft ⓘ |
| crewSafetySystem | launch escape system integrated into Starliner service module ⓘ |
| customer | NASA ⓘ |
| developer | Boeing ⓘ |
| firstCrewedFlightTest |
Crew Flight Test (CFT)
ⓘ
linked to:
Boe-CFT (Crew Flight Test)
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| firstCrewedFlightTestDestination | International Space Station ⓘ |
| firstCrewedFlightTestYear | 2024 ⓘ |
| firstUncrewedOrbitalFlight |
Boeing Orbital Flight Test (OFT)
ⓘ
linked to:
Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test)
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| firstUncrewedOrbitalFlightResult | partial failure ⓘ |
| firstUncrewedOrbitalFlightYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| fundingSource | NASA Commercial Crew Program contracts ⓘ |
| industry | aerospace ⓘ |
| landingMode | land landing using parachutes and airbags ⓘ |
| landingSites |
White Sands Missile Range
ⓘ
other designated land sites in the western United States ⓘ |
| launchComplex | Space Launch Complex 41 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Atlas V N22
ⓘ
Vulcan Centaur ⓘ |
| missionType |
cargo and logistics support to ISS
ⓘ
crew rotation missions to ISS ⓘ |
| nominalCrewSizeForNASA | 4 astronauts ⓘ |
| notableSpacecraft |
CST-100 Starliner Calypso
ⓘ
linked to:
Starliner spacecraft
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| operator | Boeing ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
The Boeing Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing
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| partOf |
NASA Commercial Crew Program
ⓘ
linked to:
Commercial Crew Program
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| primaryDestination | International Space Station ⓘ |
| purpose |
transport astronauts to and from low Earth orbit
ⓘ
transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Boeing Starliner program
ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing Commercial Crew program
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| reusability | Starliner crew module designed for multiple reuses ⓘ |
| safetyStandard | NASA human-rating requirements ⓘ |
| secondUncrewedOrbitalFlight |
Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2)
ⓘ
linked to:
Boe-OFT (Orbital Flight Test)
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| secondUncrewedOrbitalFlightResult | successful docking with ISS ⓘ |
| secondUncrewedOrbitalFlightYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| spacecraft |
Boeing CST-100 Starliner
ⓘ
linked to:
Starliner spacecraft
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| status | operational testing phase as of mid-2024 ⓘ |
| vehicleType | crewed spacecraft ⓘ |
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: Boeing Commercial Crew program Description of subject: The Boeing Commercial Crew program is Boeing’s initiative to develop and operate crewed spacecraft, notably the CST-100 Starliner, to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Boeing Commercial Crew program
linked to: Boeing Commercial Crew program
linked to: Boeing Commercial Crew program
linked to: Boeing Commercial Crew program