# Apollo Flight Mission Control Room details

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-flight-mission-control-room-details/639620>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 1, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-flight-mission-control-room-details/639620 "2012-11-01T22:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-flight-mission-control-room-details/639620/1 "2012-11-01T22:00:45Z")

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Ars Technica has a great article on the various consoles

> **[Apollo Flight Controller 101: Every console explained](https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/apollo-flight-controller-101-every-console-explained/)**
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> From the archives: A handy reference to each station in the Apollo Mission Control room.

Brian

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-flight-mission-control-room-details/639620/2 "2012-11-01T22:40:06Z")

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cool

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-flight-mission-control-room-details/639620/3 "2012-11-01T23:00:04Z")

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It’s amazing they were able to do all that with the stone-knives-and-bearskins technology of the '60s.