How to Use mission control in a Sentence

mission control

noun
  • Wilby was present for the dive but was not at mission control for that or any other dive.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The crew was out of touch with mission control for 40 minutes.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Then, mission control lost contact with the shuttle and its crew.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2024
  • That is our teammates in mission control, the rocket, the launch.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 1 May 2026
  • During the first couple of days, mission control worked with the crew to warm up the cabin.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
  • González was tasked with training mission control folks as well as the astronauts.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Smart-assed, competent and a bit of a know-it all, PJ runs his roost like mission control.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In mission control, people gasped as the beak continued into the surface, which turned out to be soft.
    — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Smart-assed, competent and a bit of a know-it-all, PJ runs his roost like mission control.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
  • After the video was broadcast, the crew shared the following exchange with mission control.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • But the mission control team lost contact with the robotic vehicle just before it was supposed to touch down on the moon.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Wiseman will be in charge of all that with the support of his three fellow astronauts and guidance from mission control.
    — Purbita Saha, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Sensors and controllers are scattered all over the house, with a dashboard in a browser acting as mission control.
    — New Atlas, 14 June 2026
  • Ballots filled out in space are then beamed to Earth the same way most data is transmitted from the space station to mission control.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The flight dynamics officer is one of the front room positions in the mission control center.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • From now on, this is mission control for everything in the ‘Money Heist’ universe.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 10 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, Flanigan sits in the mission control room in the new Clairemont offices.
    — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • Photos from mission control show just how many women are behind making Artemis II a success.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Inside the helmet, there's also a communications system to keep in touch with mission control.
    — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • By the time those two pink lines pop up on a pregnancy test, your hormones have already gotten the message that something's different at mission control.
    — Christin Perry, Parents, 26 June 2024
  • All four astronauts floated toward each other for a hug, and stayed locked in a group embrace as mission control observed nearly a full minute of silence.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
  • That forced engineers on the ground to figure out a way to download as much data as possible — an ongoing effort in mission control.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • At various crucial points in the journey, the crew expects to lose contact with mission control because of the sheer distance and physics involved with the flight.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But then, as SpaceX mission control waited to hear a signal from Starship, there was only silence.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Riders walk through a futuristic space station before boarding the coaster train in a mission control center.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In the snaps, the 80-year-old rocker is seen smiling in front of the mission control center, which features a sign welcoming him on the screen inside.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
  • And even humans in mission control rooms back on Earth can’t help the spacecraft in those final, critical seconds before touchdown.
    — Kristin Fisher, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • But during the livestream, the countdown was repeatedly rolled back with no explanation or mission control audio.
    — Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
  • But that eleven miles instead became zero miles when the speeding probe smashed into the Moon’s surface, causing mission control to lose contact.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The real-time observation and feedback loop between the crew and mission control served as a practice run for future landing missions.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026

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