Soyuz 21
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Soyuz 21 was a 1976 Soviet crewed spaceflight that transported cosmonauts to the Salyut 5 space station for a long-duration military-related mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soyuz 21 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10691936 — 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: Soyuz 21 Context triple: [Soyuz 19, followedBy, Soyuz 21]
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A.
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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B.
Soyuz 18
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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C.
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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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-21
Soyuz TM-21 was a Russian crewed spacecraft mission notable for carrying U.S. astronaut Norman E. Thagard to the Mir space station as part of early Shuttle-Mir cooperation.
- 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 21 Target entity description: Soyuz 21 was a 1976 Soviet crewed spaceflight that transported cosmonauts to the Salyut 5 space station for a long-duration military-related mission.
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A.
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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B.
Soyuz 18
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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C.
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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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-21
Soyuz TM-21 was a Russian crewed spacecraft mission notable for carrying U.S. astronaut Norman E. Thagard to the Mir space station as part of early Shuttle-Mir cooperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| apoapsis | ~350 km (approximate station orbit) ⓘ |
| callSign |
“Baikal”
ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Baikal
|
| commander | Boris Volynov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Boris Volynov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vitaly Zholobov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewNationality | Soviet ⓘ |
| crewSize | 2 ⓘ |
| crewTransportRole | transported crew to Salyut 5 ⓘ |
| dockingDate | 1976-07-07 ⓘ |
| earlyTermination | yes ⓘ |
| earlyTerminationReason | crew health and environmental concerns on Salyut 5 ⓘ |
| flightEngineer | Vitaly Zholobov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soyuz 22 ⓘ |
| inclination | ~51.6 degrees ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Salyut 5 long-duration expedition 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Salyut 5
|
| landingCountry | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1976-08-24 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kazakh SSR ⓘ |
| launchComplex |
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5
ⓘ
linked to:
Baikonur Cosmodrome
|
| launchDate | 1976-07-06 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Soyuz-U ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
48 days
ⓘ
~1180 hours ⓘ |
| missionType |
long-duration space station mission
ⓘ
military-related mission ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| periapsis | ~260 km (approximate station orbit) ⓘ |
| precededBy | Soyuz 20 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
Earth observation
ⓘ
life sciences experiments ⓘ long-duration occupancy of Salyut 5 ⓘ materials science experiments ⓘ military reconnaissance experiments ⓘ |
| program |
Soyuz program
ⓘ
linked to:
Soyuz programme
|
| returnTransportRole | returned crew from Salyut 5 ⓘ |
| spacecraftMassClass | ~6.8 metric tons (approximate for Soyuz 7K-T) ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Soyuz 7K-T ⓘ |
| spaceStationDocking | Salyut 5 ⓘ |
| spaceStationProgram |
Almaz military space station program
ⓘ
Salyut program ⓘ
linked to:
Salyut space stations
|
| spaceStationVisited | Salyut 5 ⓘ |
| spaceStationVisitedInstanceOf | Almaz military space station ⓘ |
| undockingDate | 1976-08-24 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Soyuz 21 Description of subject: Soyuz 21 was a 1976 Soviet crewed spaceflight that transported cosmonauts to the Salyut 5 space station for a long-duration military-related mission.
Referenced by (1)
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