Soyuz 5
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Soyuz 5 was a 1969 Soviet crewed spaceflight notable for performing the first docking and crew transfer between two spacecraft in orbit as part of the early Soyuz program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soyuz 5 canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10998884 — 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 5 Context triple: [Soyuz program (early phase), notableMission, Soyuz 5]
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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 4
Soyuz 4 was a 1969 Soviet crewed spacecraft mission notable for performing the first successful docking and crew transfer between two manned spacecraft in orbit.
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C.
Soyuz 3
Soyuz 3 was a 1968 Soviet crewed spaceflight that attempted the first docking of two Soyuz spacecraft in orbit, marking an important early milestone in the Soyuz program.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 5 Target entity description: Soyuz 5 was a 1969 Soviet crewed spaceflight notable for performing the first docking and crew transfer between two spacecraft in orbit as part of the early Soyuz program.
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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 4
Soyuz 4 was a 1969 Soviet crewed spacecraft mission notable for performing the first successful docking and crew transfer between two manned spacecraft in orbit.
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C.
Soyuz 3
Soyuz 3 was a 1968 Soviet crewed spaceflight that attempted the first docking of two Soyuz spacecraft in orbit, marking an important early milestone in the Soyuz program.
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soyuz mission
ⓘ
crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| callSign | Yastreb ⓘ |
| commander | Boris Volynov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Aleksei Yeliseyev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Volynov NERFINISHED ⓘ Yevgeny Khrunov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| crewTransferMethod | extravehicular activity ⓘ |
| crewTransferResult | two cosmonauts returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 4 ⓘ |
| dockedWith | Soyuz 4 ⓘ |
| dockingType | orbital docking ⓘ |
| followedBy | Soyuz 6 ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Space Race ⓘ |
| landingComplication | parachute lines tangled with reserve chute ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1969-01-18 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| landingType | hard landing ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1969-01-15 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 ⓘ
linked to:
Baikonur Cosmodrome
|
| launchVehicle | Soyuz rocket ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 3 days ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
demonstrate crew transfer between spacecraft
ⓘ
test rendezvous and docking procedures ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first crew transfer between spacecraft via spacewalk
ⓘ
first docking between two crewed spacecraft in orbit ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | 51.7 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitType | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| precededBy | Soyuz 4 ⓘ |
| reentryAnomaly |
capsule entered atmosphere nose-first
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service module failed to separate on first attempt ⓘ |
| returnCrewMember | Boris Volynov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnCrewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program ⓘ |
| spacecraftType |
Soyuz 7K-OK
ⓘ
linked to:
Soyuz 7K-OK No.4
|
| spaceProgram |
Soyuz program
ⓘ
linked to:
Soyuz programme
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| spacewalkDestination | Soyuz 4 ⓘ |
| spacewalkOrigin | Soyuz 5 ⓘ |
| spacewalkParticipant |
Aleksei Yeliseyev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yevgeny Khrunov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivedBy | Boris Volynov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Soyuz 5 Description of subject: Soyuz 5 was a 1969 Soviet crewed spaceflight notable for performing the first docking and crew transfer between two spacecraft in orbit as part of the early Soyuz program.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.