Steely-eyed missile man

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005640",
  "term": "Steely-eyed missile man",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An informal NASA compliment for a flight controller, astronaut or engineer who stays calm and finds the right fix to a difficult problem under extreme pressure. The phrase grew out of Apollo-era mission control, where controller John Aaron was widely called the original steely-eyed missile man for his rescue of Apollo 12 after a lightning strike in 1969.",
  "subject": "Aviation maintenance",
  "translations": {
    "de": "steely-eyed missile man",
    "es": "steely-eyed missile man",
    "fr": "steely-eyed missile man"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/steely-eyed-missile-man/"
}