Soyuz 18
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Soyuz 18 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft mission in the mid-1970s that experienced a serious launch abort and is often noted for its dramatic emergency reentry and safe recovery of the cosmonauts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Soyuz 18 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10691935 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soyuz 18 Context triple: [Soyuz 19, precededBy, Soyuz 18]
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A.
Soyuz 19
Soyuz 19 was the Soviet spacecraft that participated in the historic 1975 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, enabling the first international crewed space docking between the USSR and the United States.
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B.
Soyuz T-15
Soyuz T-15 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft mission notable for inaugurating operations on the Mir space station while also visiting the aging Salyut 7 station in a unique dual-docking flight.
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C.
Soyuz 1
Soyuz 1 was a 1967 Soviet crewed spaceflight notable for its fatal crash that killed cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov and exposed serious design flaws in the early Soyuz program.
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D.
Salyut 7
Salyut 7 was a Soviet-era modular space station that served as one of the last and most advanced stations in the Salyut program, paving the way for the later Mir space station.
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E.
Soyuz TM-13
Soyuz TM-13 was a 1991 Soviet crewed spacecraft mission to the Mir space station that notably carried cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev during his extended stay in orbit through the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- 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: Soyuz 18 Target entity description: Soyuz 18 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft mission in the mid-1970s that experienced a serious launch abort and is often noted for its dramatic emergency reentry and safe recovery of the cosmonauts.
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A.
Soyuz 19
Soyuz 19 was the Soviet spacecraft that participated in the historic 1975 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, enabling the first international crewed space docking between the USSR and the United States.
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B.
Soyuz T-15
Soyuz T-15 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft mission notable for inaugurating operations on the Mir space station while also visiting the aging Salyut 7 station in a unique dual-docking flight.
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C.
Soyuz 1
Soyuz 1 was a 1967 Soviet crewed spaceflight notable for its fatal crash that killed cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov and exposed serious design flaws in the early Soyuz program.
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D.
Salyut 7
Salyut 7 was a Soviet-era modular space station that served as one of the last and most advanced stations in the Salyut program, paving the way for the later Mir space station.
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E.
Soyuz TM-13
Soyuz TM-13 was a 1991 Soviet crewed spacecraft mission to the Mir space station that notably carried cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev during his extended stay in orbit through the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet space mission
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Soyuz spacecraft mission ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewCompartment | descent module used for emergency landing ⓘ |
| crewProtection | launch escape and abort systems ⓘ |
| crewSafetyResult |
crew experienced extreme physical stress but survived
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no fatalities ⓘ |
| crewSize | 2 ⓘ |
| crewStatus | all crew survived ⓘ |
| domain | human spaceflight ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| event |
ballistic reentry trajectory
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emergency reentry after abort ⓘ off-nominal landing ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the most dramatic emergency reentries in crewed spaceflight history ⓘ |
| landingOutcome | crew recovered alive ⓘ |
| launchType | crewed launch ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz rocket ⓘ |
| missionOutcome |
launch abort
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safe crew recovery ⓘ |
| missionPhase | aborted during ascent ⓘ |
| missionStatus |
failed to reach planned mission objectives
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successful crew rescue ⓘ |
| missionType | orbital spaceflight attempt ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic emergency reentry
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serious launch abort in mid-1970s ⓘ survival of high-G reentry by crew ⓘ |
| program |
Soyuz program
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linked to:
Soyuz programme
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| publicPerception | remembered for dramatic abort and survival ⓘ |
| reentryMode | ballistic reentry ⓘ |
| risk |
high G-loads during reentry
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potential loss of crew ⓘ |
| safetySignificance |
demonstrated effectiveness of Soyuz launch escape procedures
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example of successful crew survival after launch abort ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| spacecraftConfiguration | two-module Soyuz crew vehicle ⓘ |
| spacecraftOperator | Soviet space authorities ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ |
| technologyDomain | launch escape systems ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Soyuz 18 Description of subject: Soyuz 18 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft mission in the mid-1970s that experienced a serious launch abort and is often noted for its dramatic emergency reentry and safe recovery of the cosmonauts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.