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 area is a metabolic mission control, coordinating hunger, energy use and glucose balance.
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Texas lawmakers have long believed that because Houston is home to mission control for NASA's space shuttle program, the region is deserving of recognition with a space shuttle of its own to display.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 July 2025
For a time, the launch was in danger of being scrubbed when mission control had an issue with uploading wind conditions to the Dragon's launch escape system.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 25 June 2025
The mission control room at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Md., erupted in cheers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Texas lawmakers have long believed that because Houston is home to mission control for NASA's space shuttle program, the region is deserving of recognition with a space shuttle of its own to display.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 July 2025
For a time, the launch was in danger of being scrubbed when mission control had an issue with uploading wind conditions to the Dragon's launch escape system.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 25 June 2025
The mission control room at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Md., erupted in cheers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
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“Mission control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20control. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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