mission control

noun

: the group of people on the ground who direct or control the flight of a spacecraft

The astronauts received a message from mission control.

Examples of mission control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The expansion includes two new buildings adjacent to Firefly’s existing spacecraft facility in Cedar Park, Texas, enabling a single campus with 144,000 total square feet for spacecraft assembly and testing, mission control, avionics and component production, engineering, and business operations. —Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026

As mission control reminds her, future funding for Mars exploration depends on maintaining good TV ratings for coverage of her own mission. —Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026

Two of those simulators will conduct imaging operations focused on Starship’s heat shield, transmitting data and photographs back to mission control. —Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

From now on, this is mission control for everything in the ‘Money Heist’ universe. —John Hopewell, Variety, 10 May 2026

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