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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Riders walk through a futuristic space station before boarding the coaster train in a mission control center.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Data transmitted from the spacecraft back to Northrop Grumman's mission control center in Northern Virginia confirmed the engine itself operated normally.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
It's designed to be driven actively by astronauts on the surface of the moon, or in full autonomy drive without human intervention, or teleoperated from mission control here on Earth.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Since the playground has a superhero theme, complete with bright colors just like in a comic book, the tower is the mission control of the metropolis.
—Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Data transmitted from the spacecraft back to Northrop Grumman's mission control center in Northern Virginia confirmed the engine itself operated normally.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
It's designed to be driven actively by astronauts on the surface of the moon, or in full autonomy drive without human intervention, or teleoperated from mission control here on Earth.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Since the playground has a superhero theme, complete with bright colors just like in a comic book, the tower is the mission control of the metropolis.
—Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Mission control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20control. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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