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Charlie Brown and Snoopy Named Apollo 10 Code Names
Cartoonist Charles Schulz discusses the decision to name Apollo 10 command and lunar modules after Charlie Brown and Snoopy. He recalls NASA’s safety morale program using Snoopy as mascot and notes the astronauts’ seriousness about space travel while reflecting on the strip’s introspective humor and American life.
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Stevens V. Roberts
New York Times Service
San Francisco
Charlie Brown
Charles Schulz
Sparky” Schulz
Little Boy
Snoopy
Beagle
Schulz
Sebastopol
Sparky’ Schulz
Thomas P. Stafford
Buck Rogers
Outer Space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Stafford