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

Beppo can communicate with words via a keyboard of icons, but when mission control loses control of the spacecraft, it’s up to Mulaney’s character to tell the chimp the bad news in words he can understand: “Beppo no go home. Beppo go dark. Beppo equals zero forever.”

From Los Angeles Times

When the flight director gave the go-ahead, cheers went up from SpaceX employees at mission control.

From BBC

Every five minutes of the astronauts’ day is divided up by mission control on Earth.

From BBC

If the astronauts can, they work faster than mission control predicts.

From BBC

Prof Vandawale and his team were at mission control during Chandrayaan-3.

From BBC