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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By the time those two pink lines pop up on a pregnancy test, your hormones have already gotten the message that something's different at mission control.
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Christin Perry, Parents, 26 June 2024
Historic Odysseus lunar mission For a week, the Odysseus lunar lander set up shop on the moon's surface, where its sideways position didn't stop it from transmitting data and photos back to mission control in Houston.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
After years of kicking the can down the road on modernization, the US Space Force is now embarking on a comprehensive overhaul of the IT infrastructure used at mission control centers at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Space News reports.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2024
Menon later spent seven years at the famed agency, serving as a biomedical engineer in mission control before heading to SpaceX, where she was tapped to become an astronaut in 2022.
—Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
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Christin Perry, Parents, 26 June 2024
Historic Odysseus lunar mission For a week, the Odysseus lunar lander set up shop on the moon's surface, where its sideways position didn't stop it from transmitting data and photos back to mission control in Houston.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
After years of kicking the can down the road on modernization, the US Space Force is now embarking on a comprehensive overhaul of the IT infrastructure used at mission control centers at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Space News reports.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2024
Menon later spent seven years at the famed agency, serving as a biomedical engineer in mission control before heading to SpaceX, where she was tapped to become an astronaut in 2022.
—Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
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“Mission control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20control. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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