What’s Inside NASA’s Mission Control (opens in new tab)

Four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II are set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego on Friday. Inside mission control in Houston, the team behind the mission will be working to bring them home. Mission control looks a little different than in the Apollo era. Wood desks have replaced green metal mainframes, and the ashtrays and rotary phones are gone. But the bones of the operation have not changed, said Judd Frieling, one of the Artemis II flight directors. Every spacecraft needs s...