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During Apollo 8, Capcom Mike Collins relayed news and sports ... Quick thinking, in space and in mission control, was required to return the crew safely to earth. Until the long-duration flights ...

"We call the first row in the control ... of Apollo 8 rocketed their way to the moon, hundreds of workers made sure they arrived at their destination properly, completed their mission, and ...

A startled capcom answered ... a pun-master…but when he got in orbit on Apollo 7, he seemed to think that Mission Control wasn’t doing something right. The friction after the long preparation ...

The Eagle has landed.’ Charlie Duke is Apollo 11’s capsule communicator at Mission Control – CAPCOM, for short. It’s his job to to pass on orders and advice to the crew. An astronaut ...

Credit: NASA I was born in the middle of the Apollo moon landings and immediately ... Earth from the spacecraft communicator (Capcom) at the Mission Control Centre. Collins, the Command Module ...