ASTRONAUT SNOOPY CELEBRATES APOLLO-MANIA

In the 50^th Anniversary Year of Apollo 11, Peanuts Also Commemorates the “Dress Rehearsal”—Apollo 10—That Sent Peanuts Into Space As Command and Lunar Module Call Signs “Charlie Brown” and “Snoopy”

Jeff Goldblum and Ron Howard Have a Blast in Peanuts In Space: Secrets of Apollo 10, an Original, Lighthearted Short Film Available for Free in the Apple TV App

Astronaut Snoopy Suits Up at San Diego Comic-Con, France’s Cité de l’espace Moon Party, and on Limited Edition Skateboards that Benefit Kids at Risk

July 2, 2019, New York, NY — Before there was a moon walk, there was a lunar Snoop.

In May 1969, NASA’s Apollo 10 mission used a lunar module to “snoop around” the moon’s surface within 50,000 feet, scouting a site for the upcoming Apollo 11 moon-landing. Naturally, the Apollo 10 crew named the lunar module “Snoopy”—and the command module “Charlie Brown.”

As Gene Cernan, Apollo 10’s Lunar Module Pilot once said, “No one remembers Apollo 10—until you tell them our spacecrafts were named Snoopy and Charlie Brown, and they say ‘Oh! I remember!’ ”

Fifty years later, the beagle of many faces will don a new, official Astronaut Snoopy uniform as he and the Peanuts gang celebrate the dual 50th Anniversaries of Apollo 10 and 11 with fans around the globe.