Command Visor

The Command Visor is a visor in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption that allows Samus to remotely control her gunship. This visor allows Samus to have her gunship leave its previous location land at new landing pads she discovers/returns to. It also lifts and drops heavy objects if necessary. Lastly, it fires missiles and bombs to destroy obstacles and large enemies. At a point in the game it can be used to destroy a leviathan shield, due to upgrades on your ships missiles.

Sylux, a Bounty Hunter from Metroid Prime Hunters, appears to possess a similar ability; he orders his ship, the Delano 7, to attack Samus in the midst of battling her. They may be common or possibly outlawed, since Rundas had told Samus that using the visor had been authorized while fending off the Pirate attack on Norion.

Glitch
In Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, there is a slight audio glitch. To do this glitch, you must land your ship on a docking bay and walk into your ship (as if to save) and exactly when (or even right before) switch to the command visor. This will produce the command visors audio to continue past the regular length when entering your ship, and will not stop unless you leave your ship.

Trivia
The command visor appears in the ending of Metroid Prime when she calls her ship when the Impact Crater is collapsing.

Also, it seems that she loses this ability during the prologue events in Metroid Fusion, as she is unable to command her ship to land in the last scenes. That particular Gunship can only be flown manually.