 During this time period NASA used joysticks as control devices as part of the Apollo missions.For example, the lunar lander test models were controlled with a joystick.In many modern airliners aircraft, for example all Airbus aircraft developed from the 1980s, the joystick has received a new lease on life for flight control in the form of a "side-stick", a controller similar to a gaming joystick but which is used to control the flight, replacing the traditional yoke.