# Inside Apollo Mission Control With Gerry Griffin (493)

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- Published: 2026-10-17T22:00:00+00:00
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This week we're joined by Gerry Griffin, an aeronautical engineer and Apollo flight director who worked on every single moon landing during the Apollo mission, from Apollo 11 to Apollo 17. In this chat, he shares how the Mission Control team worked to manage each mission, second by second, in rotating shifts. With far more data on the ground than on board, Mission Control was better positioned to

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