mission control
noun
: the group of people on the ground who direct or control the flight of a spacecraft
The astronauts received a message from mission control.
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Messages are relayed to Voyager from mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, through the agency’s Deep Space Network.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
For its part, NASA hopes the new D-Wave Two can help speed up the search for exoplanets orbiting distant stars, as well as support operations in mission control centers for future human or robotic space missions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2013
Cheers erupted from the SpaceX employees in mission control at Hawthorne, California.
—Brooke Edwards, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
During the probe's Dec. 24 close approach, known as perihelion, NASA mission control will be unable to contact Parker for some three days.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
For its part, NASA hopes the new D-Wave Two can help speed up the search for exoplanets orbiting distant stars, as well as support operations in mission control centers for future human or robotic space missions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2013
Cheers erupted from the SpaceX employees in mission control at Hawthorne, California.
—Brooke Edwards, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
During the probe's Dec. 24 close approach, known as perihelion, NASA mission control will be unable to contact Parker for some three days.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Mission control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20control. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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