The controller instructed Mr. Rehl to land at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport, in Oxford Conn., about 10 miles away from where the plane was.

So controllers instructed the craft have its antenna scan 40 sectors of the sky, looking for a link to Earth.

At a towered field, the local controller may instruct the pilot to go around if there is an unsafe condition such as an aircraft, vehicle, or object on the runway.

Before Endeavour's six-member crew captured Eureca, the satellite's controllers in Darmstadt, Germany, instructed the craft to retract its solar-power panels and antennas.

The controller instructed the aircraft to maintain FL350 (35,000 feet/10,668 m) and to contact Singapore Control upon reaching PARDI.

The controllers instructed the Captain as to the landing minimum of 100m, to which the Captain replied, "Yes Sir!"

As the crew called out "50 meters," the controller instructed "level 101," telling the aircraft to terminate descent.

At 20 meters, another controller instructed "Check altitude, level."

"Begin your final descent at the word 'now,' " the controller instructed.

The controller instructed the pilot to turn right and go around.