capcom

noun

cap·​com ˈkap-ˌkäm 

variants or Capcom or less commonly CapCom or CAPCOM

plural capcoms or Capcoms also CapComs or CAPCOMs

: a member of the ground support staff for a crewed space mission who is responsible for communicating via radio with the crew during the mission

All the astronauts chosen as capcoms automatically become members of a flight's support team, attending training sessions and computer-simulated practice flights along with the actual crew.

—Susan Okie

Examples of capcom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The capcom woke Buzz Aldrin one rev early to do a rendezvous radar check. —Jennifer Bogo, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2019

Word History

Etymology

capsule communicator

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above