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Person who aids in spaceflight activities
Flight controllers are personnel who aid space flight by working in mission control centers such as NASA's Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center
Flight_controller
Open project for flight control hardware
standards for the flight controller hardware that can be installed on various unmanned vehicles. Additionally, any flight controller built to the open
Pixhawk
Topics referred to by the same term
Flight controller, a person who aids in the operations of a space flight A civil-airliner flight controller, or autopilot An UAV flight controller, a combination
Flight controller (disambiguation)
Flight_controller_(disambiguation)
This list describe NASA's flight controllers, primarily at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, but also associated positions at other organizations
List of NASA's flight control positions
List_of_NASA's_flight_control_positions
American electrical engineer and flight controller
February 15, 1936) is a retired NASA flight controller, serving during the Apollo program. Liebergot was an EECOM controller and was responsible for the electrical
Seymour_Liebergot
Chinese technology company
propulsion systems, enterprise software, aerial agriculture equipment, and flight control systems. DJI accounted for over 90% of the world's consumer drone
DJI
1990 aviation accident in New York
standardized understandable terminology for pilots and controllers for minimum and emergency fuel states. The flight left Medellín with more than enough fuel for
Avianca_Flight_052
American engineer and commercial astronaut (born 1985)
NASA Astronaut Group 24. Menon previously worked as a biomedical flight controller at NASA for seven years, overseeing operations at the International
Anna_Menon
1986 breakup of American orbiter
the SRB into the tank. The crew and flight controllers made no indication they were aware of the vehicle and flight anomalies. At T+68, the CAPCOM, Richard
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
Designer and manufacturer of consumer electronics
They are best known for their PC gaming controllers, mice, keyboards, and their numerous analogue flight controllers such as joysticks, throttles, and rudder
Saitek
International sailing competition
Any time the boat touches the water is considered a mistake by the flight controller. They work closely with the driver and wing trimmer to ensure the
SailGP
1995 film by Ron Howard
technically accurate movie, employing NASA's assistance in astronaut and flight-controller training for his cast and obtaining permission to film scenes aboard
Apollo_13_(film)
American NASA engineer (born 1943)
John W. Aaron (born 1943) is a former NASA engineer and was a flight controller during the Apollo program. He is widely credited with saving the Apollo
John_Aaron
Swiss-American uncrewed vehicle software company
ecosystem. 2024: In June, Auterion introduced Skynode S, an all-in-one flight controller and mission computer positioned for kinetic military use, designed
Auterion
United States historic place in Houston, Texas
and was the first Flight Director. The MCC currently houses one operational control room in Building 30 from which flight controllers command, monitor
Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center
Christopher_C._Kraft_Jr._Mission_Control_Center
2001 mid-air incident in Japan
instruction was issued to Flight 907. However, the flight crew received contradicting instructions from the flight controller at the Tokyo Area Control
2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident
2001_Japan_Airlines_mid-air_incident
1984 plane crash in Omsk, Russia
attempted to contact the ground controller Borodaenko but received no response. He subsequently contacted the flight controller Boris Ishalov on internal radio
Aeroflot_Flight_3352
American actor (born 1959)
Backdraft (1991), Lou in Parenthood, Flynn in Far and Away (1992), flight controller Seymour Liebergot in Apollo 13 (1995), Ken in EDtv (1999), Whobris
Clint_Howard
Open-source autopiloting library
Cortex microcontroller base), designed by ProfiCNC in 2015. Navigator Flight Controller by Blue Robotics Navio2 and Navio+ (Raspberry Pi Linux based), designed
ArduPilot
American NASA official
Steve Bales (born October 7, 1942) is a former NASA engineer and flight controller. He is best known for his role during the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Steve_Bales
American flight director for NASA (born 1933)
Kranz, but another member of the Apollo 13 mission control crew, FDO Flight Controller Jerry Bostick. According to Bostick: As far as the expression 'Failure
Gene_Kranz
American astronaut (born 1949)
system. In 1978, she joined NASA as a flight controller / payload officer, and was a guidance and navigation controller for Skylab during its de-orbiting
Bonnie_J._Dunbar
American filmmaker (born 1956)
Uncredited director of reshoots; Uncredited voice cameo as "Rebel Flight Controller" The Great Wall No Yes No co-written screenplay with Carlo Bernard
Tony_Gilroy
Aircraft without any human pilot on board
Modern system hardware for UAV control is often called the flight controller (FC), flight controller board (FCB) or autopilot. Common UAV-systems control hardware
Unmanned_aerial_vehicle
9/11 hijacked passenger flight
American Airlines Flight 11 had been hijacked six minutes earlier. Shortly after Flight 77 became airborne, FAA flight controller Danielle O'Brien made
American_Airlines_Flight_77
1994 aircraft accident in Indiana
DNV controller, because the crew of flight 4184 was on the frequency and had established radio contact, the PIREP was not repeated. At 15:13, flight 4184
American_Eagle_Flight_4184
1991 runway collision in California
at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). As Flight 1493 was on final approach, the local controller was distracted, though air traffic was not heavy
1991 Los Angeles runway collision
1991_Los_Angeles_runway_collision
American Navy aviator, air traffic controller (1916–2001)
2001) was an American Naval Aviator in World War II and civilian flight controller, the first African-American in each position. Holmes graduated from
Oscar_Holmes
2000 aviation accident in California
warranted the speed assignment after the controller cleared the flight to descend to 3,000 feet (910 m), but the controller did not verbally cancel the speed
Southwest Airlines Flight 1455
Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1455
English opera in three acts
to fly, and Minskman goes to his destination without his wife. The Flight Controller warns of approaching storms. The Older Woman's fiancé has not arrived
Flight_(opera)
Robot's ability to navigate
speed and land the aircraft The onboard flight controller relies on GPS for navigation and stabilized flight, and often employ additional Satellite-based
Robot_navigation
Phrase associated with Gene Kranz
from the preparation for the 1995 film Apollo 13 according to FIDO Flight Controller Jerry Bostick: In preparation for the movie, the script writers, Al
Failure_is_not_an_option
Aborted Moon landing mission in the Apollo program
designed by Kraft and now named for him. In Mission Control, each flight controller, in addition to monitoring telemetry from the spacecraft, was in communication
Apollo_13
2002 mid-air collision over Germany
initiated their descent at 23:35, obeying the controller instead of the TCAS. At about the same time, the TCAS on Flight 611 instructed the crew of that aircraft
2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
2002_Überlingen_mid-air_collision
Device used with games or entertainment systems
A game controller, gaming controller, or simply controller, is an input device or input/output device used with video games or entertainment systems to
Game_controller
Earth station in Australia
the Goddard Space Flight Center by teleprinter. During each mission a NASA team consisting of two flight controllers and a flight surgeon were sent to
Muchea_Tracking_Station
American aerospace engineer and businessman (born 1934)
engineer/flight controller at the USAF Satellite Test Center in Sunnyvale, California. In 1964 Griffin joined NASA in Houston as a flight controller in Mission
Gerald_D._Griffin
1985 aviation accident in Texas
" After a brief exchange, the controller gave the flight a new heading. At 17:46:50, the controller cleared the flight direct to Blue Ridge and instructed
Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_191
American aerospace executive
then as an engineer. As a guidance and controls engineer, she was a flight controller for NASA with 2000 hours of console time in Mission Control for the
Audrey_Powers
Chinese industrial drone
The drone features an A3 flight controller and a Lightbridge 2 transmission system. An optional A3 Pro flight controller was available, providing the
DJI_Matrice
Chinese reusable spacecraft
scheduled landing site in China. It will test reusable technologies during its flight, providing technological support for the peaceful use of space". For launching
Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft
Chinese_reusable_experimental_spacecraft
Type of aircraft
controllers, and propellers. Concurrently, there was an emerging demand for new aerial vehicles capable of facilitating greener and quieter flights within
EVTOL
NASA manager related to the Columbia shuttle disaster
by NASA. Ham's first position at NASA was as a propulsion systems flight controller at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. This was
Linda_Ham
Test in spaceflight
occurs at the beginning of an American spaceflight mission in which flight controllers monitoring various systems are queried for operation and readiness
Launch_status_check
American NASA aerospace engineer
February 4, 1964) is an American aerospace engineer who worked for NASA as a flight director, launch integration manager and deputy manager of the Space Shuttle
LeRoy_E._Cain
2026 aviation accident in New York, U.S.
Air Canada Express Flight 8646 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Montréal–Trudeau International Airport in Quebec, Canada,
Air Canada Express Flight 8646
Air_Canada_Express_Flight_8646
American engineer (1942-2017)
He worked as a FIDO flight controller during the Apollo Program and a flight director from 1982 to 1986, and as ascent flight director during the 1986
Jay_Greene
2006 aviation accident in the Black Sea
engineer, and five flight attendants. Takeoff, climb, and cruise were uneventful. The first communication between Sochi approach controller and the crew took
Armavia_Flight_967
1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program
LCCN 00027720. OCLC 43590801. Factual, from the standpoint of a flight controller during the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs. Lovell, Jim;
Apollo_program
1997 aviation accident in Indonesia
Flight 152, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 152, was handled by the same air traffic controller.[clarification needed] This led to the controller mistakenly
Garuda_Indonesia_Flight_152
Fatal collision of passenger flights over Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
JP550 contacted middle-sector controller Bojan Erjavec asking for a higher flight level; the aircraft was at flight level 260 (approximately 26,000
1976_Zagreb_mid-air_collision
Failed 1967 American crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
telemetered heading indicator in the control room, visible to the flight controller; and medically screen X-15 pilot candidates for labyrinth (vertigo)
X-15_Flight_3-65-97
1981 aviation accident in France
FL330 (33,000 ft; 10,000 m) and beginning to descend. The controller also clarified that the flight would be cleared to descend to FL190 (19,000 ft; 5,800 m)
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308
Inex-Adria_Aviopromet_Flight_1308
Carin Chea (season 1), a flight controller for Apollo 24. Carl Reid, portrayed by Theo Iyer (season 1), a flight controller for Apollo 24 and 25. Sam
List of For All Mankind characters
List_of_For_All_Mankind_characters
Thriller television series
Kier, one of the hijackers Eve Myles as Alice Sinclair, an air traffic controller Hattie Morahan as Louise Aitchison, the British Foreign Secretary Neil
Hijack_(TV_series)
Iranian unmanned aerial combat vehicles
which in theory allows the flight path to be altered mid-flight. The flight controller has a backup inertial navigation system by MEMS gyroscope. Its primary
Shahed_drones
2025 mid-air collision over Washington, D.C.
pilot monitoring who primarily communicated with air traffic controllers. He had 968 flight hours, with 886 on the UH-60. Staff Sergeant Ryan O'Hara, 29
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision
Pass/fail test principle using two conditions
preceding launch status checks before a Space Shuttle liftoff had the flight controller perform a go/no-go check on each of the vehicle's critical systems
Go/no-go
1982 video game
as an arcade video game by Bally Midway in 1982. It uses the same flight-controller style joystick with built-in trigger as Midway's Tron, released the
Satan's_Hollow
Facility that manages aerospace vehicle flights
is part of the ground segment of spacecraft operations. A staff of flight controllers and other support personnel monitor all aspects of the mission using
Mission_control_center
Topics referred to by the same term
Antarctica 120361 Guido, an asteroid GUIDO, a Guidance Officer or flight controller in Apollo space missions Guido, a character in Disney and Pixar's
Guido_(disambiguation)
American mechanical engineer
Space Flight Center. She is married to Michael Baine. Ridings joined NASA in 1998, working as an International Space Station flight controller in the
Holly_Ridings
Tracking tool used in air traffic control
allow other controllers to see instantly what is happening and to pass this information to other controllers who go on to control the flight. The strip
Flight_progress_strip
Application of mechanical dynamics to model the flight of space vehicles
of the flight controller team known in NASA as the flight dynamics officer, or in the European Space Agency as the spacecraft navigator. Flight dynamics
Spacecraft_flight_dynamics
2010 aviation accident in Pakistan
systems warning of the impending crash. The flight left Karachi at 07:41 local time (02:41 UTC). Flight controllers at Benazir Bhutto International Airport
Airblue_Flight_202
SailGP Team
Blair Tuke (NZL) – co-CEO & wing trimmer Leo Takahashi (JPN) – flight controller (since 2024) Liv Mackay (NZL) – strategist Marcus Hansen (NZL) –
New_Zealand_SailGP_Team
1950 aircraft disappearance
(29 kilometers) north-northwest of Benton Harbor, Michigan, when flight controllers lost radio contact with it soon after the pilot had requested a descent
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501
Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_2501
Class of catamaran
consisting of a helmsman, wing trimmer, flight controller, two grinders and a strategist. The flight controller controls the F50 using a double twist-grip
F50_(catamaran)
a major role in maintaining order and grounding flights during the September 11 attacks. Controllers made contact with all four hijacked aircraft prior
Air traffic control during the September 11 attacks
Air_traffic_control_during_the_September_11_attacks
1991 aviation accident in Saudi Arabia
000 ft), although the flight was cleared to 900 m (3,000 ft) as a result of the controller mistaking Flight 2120 for a Saudia flight that was also reporting
Nigeria_Airways_Flight_2120
1989 aviation accident in Portugal
February 1962. At 10:04, Flight 1851 departed Bergamo Airport. Flight 1851 had communication difficulties with air traffic controllers at high frequencies
Independent_Air_Flight_1851
Topics referred to by the same term
rank in the Victoria Transit Patrol Remote interface officer (RIO) Flight Controller, integrates communications between Mission Control Center Houston
Rio
American film, stage, and television actor
Asa Goodwin The President's Plane is Missing (1973, TV Movie) as Flight Controller Executive Action (1973) as a gunman on "Team A" Breezy (1973) as Doctor
Richard_Bull_(actor)
1985 aviation accident
missed the flight. At 21:17 EDT, the captain radioed for clearance to Auburn. The controller, unaware of the change in routing, advised that Flight 1808's
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
Bar_Harbor_Airlines_Flight_1808
List of launches of SpaceX's fully reusable Starship
first flew in Starship flight test 7 and was retired after Starship flight test 11, Block 3, which first flew in Starship flight test 12, and Block 4,
List_of_Starship_launches
American flight director (1932–2026)
October 1, 2026) was an American NASA flight director. He is best known for his work as one of the four flight directors of Apollo 13 Mission Operations
Milton_Windler
Investigation of outer space
orbit difficult at present). Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto, but controllers opted instead for a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan, resulting in
Space_exploration
9/11 hijacked passenger flight
hijacker Mohamed Atta to take over the controls. Air traffic controllers suspected that the flight was in distress because the crew became non-responsive.
American_Airlines_Flight_11
Program," with another fictional reporter. Clint Howard as fictional flight controller Paul Lucas in episode 5, "Spider," and episode 8, "We Interrupt This
List of From the Earth to the Moon cast members
List_of_From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_cast_members
American astrophysicist (born 1940)
Administration (NASA) before graduating from college. Kessler was a flight controller for Skylab, the US space station launched by NASA in 1973. Kessler
Donald_J._Kessler
New Zealand actor (1909–1995)
of films before moving to Britain during the Second World War as a flight controller with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He returned briefly to New Zealand
Colin_Tapley
1979 aviation accident
the controller monitoring Flight 527 turned to focus on other flights near Rio, and was unaware of Flight 527 overspeeding. By the time the controller resumed
Lufthansa_Cargo_Flight_527
2006 television film directed by Peter Markle
Flight 93 is a 2006 American drama television film directed by Peter Markle and written by Nevin Schreiner, which chronicles the events onboard United
Flight_93_(film)
American astronaut, scientist, and professor (born 1949)
During his time at NASA, Apt was a flight controller in the Mission Control Center and completed four space flights logging over 35 days in space. Before
Jerome_Apt
1977 aircraft hijacking
closed, he was suddenly given an automatic landing frequency by the flight controller. The plane finally touched down in Bahrain at 01:52 CET on 14 October
Lufthansa_Flight_181
2006 aviation accident
wind speed was eight knots with varying wind direction. The controller later warned the flight crew that wind gusts were present in the vicinity. The wind
ADC_Airlines_Flight_053
Name list
and political writer Seymour Liebergot (born 1936), retired NASA flight controller Sy Montgomery (born 1958), German-American naturalist, author and
Sy
2006 mid-air collision over Brazil
relating both to air traffic controllers and to the Legacy jet's flight crew. According to CENIPA, the air traffic controllers contributed to the accident
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
Gol_Transportes_Aéreos_Flight_1907
2005 aviation accident
headwind and tailwind. The flight crews then requested clearance to land at Runway 21. The controller then contacted Flight 1145 and advised that there
Sosoliso_Airlines_Flight_1145
Air traffic control messaging system
being handled by a particular controller are tuned to the same frequency. As the number of flights air traffic controllers must handle is steadily increasing
Controller–pilot data link communications
Controller–pilot_data_link_communications
2004 aviation accident in Missouri
joked about drinking beer. The air traffic controller monitoring the flight in Kansas City found the flight's high altitude unusual and asked the pilots
Pinnacle_Airlines_Flight_3701
August 1990 aviation accident in the Soviet Union
controllers did not observe the flight, the plane descended passed the safe altitude. The crew switched communications to the Stepanakert controller.
Aeroflot_Flight_E-35D
1992 aviation accident in Nepal
aircraft to flight level 200, intending to turn back to point Romeo and re-attempt the straight-in approach. The controller handling Flight 311 assumed
Thai Airways International Flight 311
Thai_Airways_International_Flight_311
Canadian actor (born 1967)
Poole Travelers (2016) as Walt Forbes PAW Patrol (2016–2019) as the Flight Controller Altered Carbon as Hemmingway The Expanse (2020) as Morris The Parker
Arnold_Pinnock
American NASA official
University of Minnesota in 1977. After five years she began work as a Flight controller at the payload officer position in Mission Control. As a payload officer
Michele_Brekke
Iranian-made drone
which in theory allows the flight path to be altered mid flight. The flight controller has a backup inertial navigation system by MEMS gyroscope. Its primary
Shahed_131
American aerospace engineer (1924–2019)
cause the capsule to burn up during re-entry. On consulting with his flight controllers, Kraft became convinced that the indication was false, and that no
Christopher_C._Kraft_Jr.
Tones used by NASA during human spaceflight communication
they have been retained both for their historic aspect, and because flight controllers say they appreciate the audible cue of an imminent transmission. When
Quindar_tones
launch systems Launch pad Non-rocket spacelaunch Spaceport Ground segment Flight controller Ground station Pass Mission control center Category Portal
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American NASA official (born 1952)
engineer in Arizona. While at JSC, Dittemore held several positions, including flight director on 11 Space Shuttle missions, deputy assistant director of the
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