Apollo 16 Command Module

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Apollo command and service module spacecraft

The Apollo 16 Command Module was the crew’s primary spacecraft for living, working, and reentry during NASA’s fifth crewed lunar landing mission in 1972.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Apollo 16 Command Module canonical	1
Apollo 16 Service Module	1
Apollo 16 spacecraft stack	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10454744 — 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: Apollo 16 Command Module
Context triple: [Command and Service Module Casper, crewModule, Apollo 16 Command Module]

A. Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia
Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia was the spacecraft that housed the crew during the first successful Moon landing mission and returned the astronauts safely to Earth.
B. Apollo CSM-116
Apollo CSM-116 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s first crewed Skylab mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973.
C. Apollo CSM-118
Apollo CSM-118 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s Skylab 4 mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973–1974.
D. Command Module 017
Command Module 017 was the uncrewed Apollo command module flown on the Apollo 4 mission to test the Saturn V rocket and validate key systems for future lunar missions.
E. Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey
Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey was the main spacecraft of NASA’s ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical in-flight explosion but was famously brought safely back to Earth through improvised problem-solving by the crew and ground control.
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: Apollo 16 Command Module
Target entity description: The Apollo 16 Command Module was the crew’s primary spacecraft for living, working, and reentry during NASA’s fifth crewed lunar landing mission in 1972.

A. Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia
Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia was the spacecraft that housed the crew during the first successful Moon landing mission and returned the astronauts safely to Earth.
B. Apollo CSM-116
Apollo CSM-116 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s first crewed Skylab mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973.
C. Apollo CSM-118
Apollo CSM-118 was the Apollo command and service module used for NASA’s Skylab 4 mission, carrying astronauts to and from the Skylab space station in 1973–1974.
D. Command Module 017
Command Module 017 was the uncrewed Apollo command module flown on the Apollo 4 mission to test the Saturn V rocket and validate key systems for future lunar missions.
E. Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey
Apollo 13 Command and Service Module Odyssey was the main spacecraft of NASA’s ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical in-flight explosion but was famously brought safely back to Earth through improvised problem-solving by the crew and ground control.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apollo command and service module ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ
carriedCrew	Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ John W. Young ⓘ Thomas K. Mattingly II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
crewActivities	living ⓘ mission planning and monitoring ⓘ sleeping ⓘ working ⓘ
crewCapacity	3 ⓘ
crewPosition	Command Module Pilot seat for Thomas K. Mattingly II ⓘ Commander seat for John W. Young ⓘ Lunar Module Pilot seat for Charles M. Duke Jr. ⓘ
era	Apollo era ⓘ
hasComponent	communication systems ⓘ environmental control system ⓘ guidance and navigation system ⓘ heat shield ⓘ reaction control system ⓘ
launchDate	1972-04-16 ⓘ
launchSite	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle	Saturn V ⓘ
missionNumber	Apollo 16 ⓘ
missionSequenceNumber	fifth crewed lunar landing mission ⓘ
missionType	lunar landing mission support ⓘ
operatedBy	NASA ⓘ
orbited	Earth ⓘ Moon ⓘ
partOf	Apollo 16 ⓘ
program	Apollo program ⓘ
reentryDate	1972-04-27 ⓘ
reentryDestination	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
reentryMethod	ballistic reentry with parachute splashdown ⓘ
roleInMission	Earth atmospheric reentry vehicle ⓘ control center for mission ⓘ primary living quarters for crew ⓘ
separatedFrom	Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion ⓘ linked to: Orion (Apollo 16 Lunar Module)
spaceAgency	NASA ⓘ
usedFor	Earth reentry ⓘ command and control ⓘ communications ⓘ crew habitation ⓘ crew operations ⓘ life support ⓘ navigation ⓘ
yearOfMission	1972 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Command and Service Module Casper → crewModule → Apollo 16 Command Module ⓘ

Command and Service Module Casper → serviceModule → Apollo 16 Service Module ⓘ

linked to: Apollo 16 Command Module

Orion → partOf → Apollo 16 spacecraft stack ⓘ