STS-29
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STS-29 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-29 canonical | 6 |
| STS-29R (cancelled)? | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9867136 — 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: STS-29 Context triple: [STS-27, followedBy, STS-29]
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A.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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B.
STS-79
STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
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C.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
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D.
STS-28
STS-28 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission that deployed a classified Department of Defense payload in low Earth orbit.
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E.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
- 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: STS-29 Target entity description: STS-29 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
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A.
STS-49
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, notable for its complex satellite rescue and repair operations conducted during multiple spacewalks.
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B.
STS-79
STS-79 was a 1996 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission notable for delivering supplies to the Russian Mir space station and returning astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her long-duration stay in orbit.
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C.
STS-59
STS-59 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission focused on Earth observation and radar imaging as part of NASA's Space Radar Laboratory program.
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D.
STS-28
STS-28 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission that deployed a classified Department of Defense payload in low Earth orbit.
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E.
STS-37
STS-37 was a 1991 NASA Space Shuttle mission that deployed the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| callsign | Discovery ⓘ |
| commander | Michael L. Coats ⓘ |
| conductedExperiment |
Air Force experiments
ⓘ
Chromosome and plant growth experiments ⓘ Infrared imaging experiments of Earth ⓘ Protein crystal growth experiments ⓘ Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element (SHARE) ⓘ Space tissue loss experiments ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crewActivity |
Earth observations
ⓘ
Medical experiments ⓘ Technology demonstrations ⓘ |
| crewSize | 5 ⓘ |
| deployed |
TDRS-D communications satellite
ⓘ
linked to:
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-F (TDRS-F)
|
| followedBy | STS-30 ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1989-03-18 ⓘ |
| landingSite |
Edwards Air Force Base
ⓘ
Edwards Air Force Base Runway 22 ⓘ
linked to:
Runway 22, Edwards AFB
|
| launchDate | 1989-03-13 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Kennedy Space Center
ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 4 days 23 hours 39 minutes ⓘ |
| missionDurationDays | 4.99 ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
James F. Buchli
ⓘ
James P. Bagian ⓘ Robert C. Springer ⓘ |
| missionType |
Communications satellite deployment
ⓘ
Space science mission ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Conducted multiple scientific and technological experiments in low Earth orbit
ⓘ
Deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | 304 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | 296 kilometers ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 80 ⓘ |
| payloadMass | 12230 kilograms ⓘ |
| pilot | John E. Blaha ⓘ |
| precededBy |
STS-29 was preceded in flight sequence by STS-30
ⓘ
linked to:
STS-30
STS-29R (cancelled)? ⓘ
linked to:
STS-29
|
| primaryPayload |
TDRS-D
ⓘ
linked to:
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-F (TDRS-F)
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-4 ⓘ |
| program |
Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Space Shuttle program
|
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ |
| spacecraftSerial | OV-103 ⓘ |
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: STS-29 Description of subject: STS-29 was a 1989 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite and conducted various scientific experiments in low Earth orbit.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: STS-29