The Capcom is the only person in mission control allowed to speak to the astronauts in space. Controllers communicated via headsets, often listening to several conversations at once. Liebergot listened to those voices "for 20 years--and that's why I still have a constant ringing in my left ear!
They had binoculars because they didn't have consoles. The binoculars were so they could see [spacecraft system] data on the TV screens. During a mission, the flight director's instructions could be overruled only by firing him. Register or Log In. The Magazine Shop. Login Register Stay Curious Subscribe. The Sciences. Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news. Sign Up. Already a subscriber? Want more? More From Discover. As the world watched the outcome of Apollo 11, the first attempted lunar landing, employees in the NASA Mission Control Center held their breaths during the entire descent.
Everyone anxiously awaited the confirmation of a safe arrival from its Apollo crew. At approximately p. The Eagle has landed. We copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot. This is the facility where NASA monitored nine Gemini and all Apollo lunar missions, including the historic Apollo 11 trip to the Moon and the final Apollo 17 trip to the same lunar body. You can feel the history in the room from the monitors to the rotary dials.
The Gemini and Apollo space programs were only the beginning for mission control; it has been the center for all communications between Earth and our human spaceflight missions.
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