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Additionally, Apollo 10 set the record for the highest speed attained by a crewed vehicle: 39,897 km/h (11.08 km/s or 24,791 mph) on May 26, 1969, during the return from the Moon. The mission's call signs were the names of the Peanuts characters Charlie Brown for the CSM and Snoopy for the LM, who became Apollo 10's semi-official mascots. [5]
The command module (CM) was nicknamed "Charlie Brown"; the lunar module (LM) was nicknamed "Snoopy". [1]: 120–122 Apollo 10 lifted off on May 18, 1969. Despite heavy oscillation during ascent, Apollo 10 achieved orbit without incident, docked the LM and CM, and achieved its translunar injection burn.
The Snoopy character had a history with the space agency dating back to the 1969 Apollo 10 mission. In the buildup to the show's release, Apple TV began streaming a documentary by Morgan Neville titled Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10. Starring Ron Howard and Jeff Goldblum, the short was released in May 2019. [5]
Original air date Network Snoopy at the Ice Follies: Oct. 24, 1971 NBC Snoopy's International Ice Follies: Nov. 12, 1972 NBC Snoopy Directs the Ice Follies: Nov. 13, 1973 NBC Snoopy's Musical on Ice: May 24, 1978 CBS The Big Stuffed Dog: Feb. 8, 1981 NBC Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10: May 18, 2019 Apple TV
1969 saw humanity step onto another world for the first time. On 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, Eagle, landed on the Moon's surface with two astronauts aboard. . Days later the crew of three returned safely to Earth, satisfying U.S. President John F. Kennedy's challenge of 25 May 1961, that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of ...
His name derives from the eponymous 1969 music and arts festival, according to the Peanuts official site. "I’ve been drawing birds in the strip for some time-at least 10 years.
Starting with the best classic Thanksgiving song, "Alice's Restaurant". Guthrie pulls storytelling and song together into an 18-plus minute bit about littering on Thanksgiving day.
Snoopy's original appearance from October 4, 1950. Snoopy appeared on October 4, 1950, two days after the first Peanuts strip. He was one of the four original characters, along with Charlie Brown, Patty, and Shermy. He was named Snoopy for the first time in the November 10 strip. On March 16, 1952, [11] his thoughts were first shown in a ...