mission control

noun

, Aerospace.

1. a command center for the control, monitoring, and support of activities connected with manned space flight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mission control¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

On February 18, when the Perseverance rover descends toward the Martian surface, mission control will have no clue whether it succeeded or failed until after the fact.

From MIT Technology Review

And, for the first time, NASA handed over mission control to a private company.

From Popular-Science

Astronauts need to talk to mission control, ideally by video communication, and space vehicles need to send back data they gather, preferably at high speed and with little delay as possible.

From Quanta Magazine

In the middle of the night on Monday, the two cosmonauts and one astronaut on the International Space Station were woken up by a call from mission control.

From MIT Technology Review

Another 150 team members around the world played the “Earth” team during those two weeks, sending commands from remote mission control and receiving data as it would appear coming from the real rover.

From Science News

All of a sudden, Mission Control (voiced by Ed Harris, paying homage to Apollo 13) orders the team to abort immediately.

From The Daily Beast

Come to my quarters after we sign off with mission control for the night.

From The Daily Beast

Actually, I think the guys in Mission Control hold their breath a little bit until the balloon clears 1,200 meters.

From The Daily Beast

Mission control “had no confidence in our ability to get down safely,” he jokes.

From The Daily Beast