{"id":88129,"date":"2019-05-18T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-427719"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:10:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:10:15","slug":"nasa-and-peanuts-celebrate-apollo-10s-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/orion\/nasa-and-peanuts-celebrate-apollo-10s-50th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA and Peanuts Celebrate Apollo 10\u2019s 50th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1151\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?w=1151\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The agency\u2019s Silver Snoopy award\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=768,770 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=1021,1024 1021w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=598,600 598w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/eyes-on-the-stars-patch.jpg?resize=898,900 898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1151px) 100vw, 1151px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The agency\u2019s Silver Snoopy award is given by NASA astronauts to employees and contractors for outstanding achievements related to human flight safety or mission success. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg?w=1600\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Apollo 10 Commander Tom Stafford\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Headed for the launch pad, Apollo 10 Commander Tom Stafford pats the nose of a stuffed Snoopy held by Jamye Flowers (Coplin), astronaut Gordon Cooper\u2019s secretary. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg?w=1000\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Apollo 10 Commander Tom Stafford\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg?resize=205,300 205w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg?resize=768,1125 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg?resize=699,1024 699w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg?resize=273,400 273w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg?resize=410,600 410w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg?resize=614,900 614w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/apollo_10_commander_tom_stafford_2.jpg?resize=819,1200 819w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astronaut Tom Stafford, wearing his spacesuit, is being shown a pennant bearing Snoopy. The Apollo 10 Lunar Module was named Snoopy and the command module was named Charlie Brown. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today NASA and Peanuts Worldwide celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the launch of Apollo 10 and the history of their partnership in NASA\u2019s safety and human space flight awareness program. In 2018, NASA and Peanuts have collaborated over the past year leading up to the Apollo 10 anniversary with STEM activities, a mini-documentary and other new products that share the excitement of science, technology, engineering and math with the next generation of explorers. The collaboration, formalized though a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/partnerships\/about.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Act Agreement<\/a>, provides an opportunity to update the Snoopy character by Charles M. Schulz, for space-themed programming with content about NASA\u2019s deep space exploration missions, 50 years after its initial collaboration began during the Apollo era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the current collaboration, NASA provided support for a number of new Peanuts programs that focus on modern-day Astronaut Snoopy and space themes, including a <a href=\"http:\/\/ymiclassroom.com\/feedback-peanuts\/\" rel=\"noopener\">STEM-based curriculum<\/a> for students K-5th grade about America\u2019s deep space exploration objectives and interactive ways to celebrate next year\u2019s 50th anniversary of humans first setting foot on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/moon\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon<\/a>. NASA centers across the nation joined the celebration as well. NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center collaborated with Space Center Houston in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stem\/houston-students-join-nasa-to-celebrate-apollo-10-s-50th.html\" rel=\"noopener\">celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 10 mission on April 25,<\/a> with a day of STEM activities capitalizing on the mission\u2019s unique call sign for the Lunar Lander of Snoopy. Also, NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center is participating in a local library event with a one-of-a-kind exhibit created by The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center from June 3 to July 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peanuts has also teamed with Apple TV to present a 10-minute feature that includes archival interviews of two of the three Apollo 10 astronauts, Tom Stafford and Eugene Cernan, as well as an interview with current NASA flight director, Ginger Kerrick. This featurette presents a light-hearted look at Apollo 10 from the imagination of Documentarian Morgan Neville and starring Jeff Goldblum and Ron Howard, playing themselves. The short feature, <a href=\"http:\/\/apple.co\/PeanutsInSpace_\" rel=\"noopener\">Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10<\/a>, is being released on the anniversary of the Apollo 10 launch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA has shared a proud association with Charles M. Schulz and his American icon Snoopy since Apollo missions began in the 1960s. Schulz created comic strips depicting Snoopy on the Moon, capturing public excitement about America\u2019s achievements in space. In May 1969, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/imagegallery\/image_feature_572.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Apollo 10<\/a> astronauts traveled to the Moon for a final checkout before lunar landings on later missions. Because the mission required the lunar module to skim the Moon\u2019s surface to within 50,000 feet and \u201csnoop around\u201d scouting the Apollo 11 landing site, the crew named the lunar module Snoopy. The command module was named Charlie Brown, Snoopy\u2019s loyal owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/wstf\/about_us\/awards_and_certifictations\/NASA_silver_snoopy.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Silver Snoopy<\/a> award is given by NASA astronauts to employees and contractors for outstanding achievements related to human flight safety or mission success. Receiving one is regarded as a high honor for outstanding performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA is working to land the first woman and next man on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/sending-american-astronauts-to-moon-in-2024-nasa-accepts-challenge\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon by 2024<\/a> and lead the next steps of human exploration into deep space for future missions to Mars. The agency will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/exploration-mission-1\" rel=\"noopener\">launch<\/a> the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in a series of increasingly complex missions to create a sustained presence at the Moon, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/moon-to-mars\/lunar-outpost\" rel=\"noopener\">Gateway<\/a> in lunar orbit. Exploring the Moon helps create a vibrant future and advance technologies, capabilities and new opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on NASA\u2019s mission to the Moon and beyond, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>www.nasa.gov\/moontomars\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today NASA and Peanuts Worldwide celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the launch of Apollo 10 and the history of their partnership in NASA\u2019s safety and human space flight awareness program. 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