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.
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This flight and the previous three have been dress rehearsals both for crews and for Axiom’s onsite mission control, providing critical experience working in orbit and managing activities from the ground.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 June 2025
However, an apparent propellant leak after the craft entered its suborbital trajectory caused a loss of attitude control, leaving the spacecraft spinning and mission control unable to control the craft.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 27 May 2025
In an audio update, mission control were also heard saying that the Crew Dragon's systems were performing well.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
In Houston, a Post Oak Hotel package offers to helicopter guests to the Johnson Space Center to meet a NASA astronaut who’ll take them behind the scenes, including mission control.
—Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 12 May 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 June 2025
However, an apparent propellant leak after the craft entered its suborbital trajectory caused a loss of attitude control, leaving the spacecraft spinning and mission control unable to control the craft.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 27 May 2025
In an audio update, mission control were also heard saying that the Crew Dragon's systems were performing well.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
In Houston, a Post Oak Hotel package offers to helicopter guests to the Johnson Space Center to meet a NASA astronaut who’ll take them behind the scenes, including mission control.
—Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for mission control
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“Mission control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20control. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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