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

With her hands steady at the controls, her voice calm as she spoke to mission control, Collins piloted the craft through a slow, graceful somersault.

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

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

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

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

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