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.

Examples of mission control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

This area is a metabolic mission control, coordinating hunger, energy use and glucose balance. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 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

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