Abstract How do expert teams manage uncertainty and emotion when lives depend on coordinated performance? We present the first dual-channel analysis of team cognition in action: how a crew distributes information, coordination and affect between its private (crew-to-crew) and public (crew-to-ground) channels across a complete spaceflight mission. All 13,114 Apollo 11 statements (161,954 words) were coded with a validated six-category taxonomy and an emotional valence scheme.
