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

And Space X is rumored to be investing upward of $1 billion to turn the Astrodome in Houston into its Mission Control Alpha.

From Los Angeles Times

Lovell had to repeat the message to a stunned Mission Control: "Houston, we've had a problem."

From BBC

The men heard a cackle in their headsets as the radio signal to Mission Control faltered and then failed.

From BBC

So instead, it's a different structure where it's mission control instead of command and control.

From BBC

“Because the gut hormones talk to the immune system, and they talk to the brain, which is mission control for the immune system.”

From Los Angeles Times