NASA’s Historic Mission Control Restored To Moon Landing Glory

NASA Ames Research Center is seen in Mountain View, California, United States on September 26, 2022. This message was transmitted to NASA's mission control, based in the Johnson Space Center just outside of Houston, Texas.Mission control manages all of NASA's spaceflight activity and served as the point of communication for astronauts through the Apollo missions and part of the Space Shuttle era. PHOTO BY TAYFUN COSKUN/GETTY IMAGES 

Those were the first words Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong spoke, relaying to NASA that he and fellow astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin had safely and successfully landed their spacecraft on the surface of another world.

This message was transmitted to NASA’s mission control, based in the Johnson Space Center just outside of Houston, Texas.