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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Communications are tested so the crew can talk clearly with each other and mission control, and the suit interfaces with Orion are verified so oxygen, cooling and other safety functions will work as intended.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Using walkie-talkies, students clad in white space jumpsuits staffed the makeshift space shuttle — known as Endurance — in six-hour or eight-hour shifts, while others took part in mission control.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
Only chief technology officer John Tornow, who pressed Send from mission control, was serenely confident.
—Graydon Carter, Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025
Riders walk through a futuristic space station before boarding the coaster train in a mission control center.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Using walkie-talkies, students clad in white space jumpsuits staffed the makeshift space shuttle — known as Endurance — in six-hour or eight-hour shifts, while others took part in mission control.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
Only chief technology officer John Tornow, who pressed Send from mission control, was serenely confident.
—Graydon Carter, Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025
Riders walk through a futuristic space station before boarding the coaster train in a mission control center.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Mission control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20control. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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