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Say hello to Snoopy.

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Charlie Brown's beagle
is the world's favorite dog.

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You've seen him as Joe Cool,

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as a world-famous author and so much more!

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But was Snoopy also a world-famous,
top secret astronaut?

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People know me here and there as an actor.

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What fewer people are aware of is that
I'm a self-published NASA historian.

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And here is a book.

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Apollo 10: 10 Secrets.

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Now, it's the 50-year anniversary
of Apollo 10.

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That was the important dress rehearsal
that made possible Apollo 11,

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the big moon shot.

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Hey, a question has been... eating at me.

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There were whispers about it
since the splashdown

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that have been "unshushable"
in all these decades,

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"What if there was a fourth,
secret crew member?"

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When I was back directing the movie,
Apollo 13,

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NASA gave me tremendous access
to their entire archive,

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with one big exception:

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this room.

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I already knew that Snoopy was
part of a promotional campaign.

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In 1968, he was invited to become
NASA's safety mascot

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for its Manned Flight Awareness program.

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But the rest of this stuff?

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Right. Top secret?

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Heavily redacted.

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"Security blanket."

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"Blockhead."

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"World War I flying ace."

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What exactly is being covered up here?

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Apollo 10 was almost like a trial run
of Apollo 11.

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So, they did everything that
the Apollo 11 astronauts would do,

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except they didn't land.

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We found enough problems on 10
that we had to fix

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so that Apollo 11 could land.

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The lunar module got to go down
almost to the surface of the moon.

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Our objective was for Neil and his crew
to follow in our footsteps.

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We painted the line in the sky
so we wouldn't get lost.

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I've spent decades trying to discover
the answer to the question,

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"What was Snoopy's..." Yes, I said Snoopy.

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What was his actual role on Apollo 10?

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Not the ostensible role,
but the actual role. Ouch!

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The crew of Apollo 10 chose the names
of two very popular comic strip characters

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as code names for their spaceship.

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We had to call our spacecraft something.

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I'm not sure whether it was
myself or Tom or John,

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but I yelled out,
"Hey, Charlie Brown. This is Snoopy."

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Ever since that time,
that's what we've gone with.

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The lunar module was named Snoopy
because it was snooping around,

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trying to find the location site
for the landing of Apollo 11.

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This command module, of course,

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as the story goes,
ostensibly was nicknamed Charlie Brown

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because, still, they were joking around
in some jocular, jestful whimsy.

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Well, really joking around,
or something else?

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Okay, I really have to show you
this footage.

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It's from June 1969. It's unbelievable.

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Snoopy and the Apollo 10 mission?

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Good grief!

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Where do I begin?

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NASA heard about
Snoopy's storied adventures

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as a World War I flying ace
and recruited him.

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Future space pilots went through
rigorous training exercises.

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All in a day's work
for this country's future space flyers.

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Remember, this is strictly optional.

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You are not required to be an astronaut.

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Why can't I have a normal dog?

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Color coverage of the Apollo 10 launch.

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The Apollo 10 countdown proceeding on time

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for a liftoff at 12:49 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time.

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By 10 a.m., Thomas Stafford,
John Young and Eugene Cernan were ready

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and received an affectionate send-off
from an upstart beagle from a comic strip.

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I actually got caught up in the excitement
on launch day.

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Me and my friends were all there.

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It was a sight to see.

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We have ignition sequence start.

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Engines on. Five, four, three, two...

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All engines running! And we have liftoff!

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Amazing!

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Oh! Awesome!

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Now, in this photo...

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It's a picture of the LEM,
lunar landing module...

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and Peppermint Patty and Marcie.

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And right here...

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Franklin, clipboard in hand.

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Franklin!

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This is Mission Control.

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Flight directors.

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Sally?

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Sally is a flight director.

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These kids are all accounted for.

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But where was Snoopy?

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Okay. Do you know what this is?

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This, of course, is Linus's blanket.

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They not only got Snoopy involved,

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every one of the Peanuts/Charlie Brown
characters were involved.

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Oh.

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Snoopy opened the door
for the rest of us to join NASA.

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Engineers were sincerely inspired
by my blanket.

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They used the material
to improve their technology.

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Technology.

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Eureka!

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Holy moly!

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Take one. Sound three.
Apollo astronaut Cernan.

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How are you handling
the pressures of the mission?

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Any mental anguish?

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It's a big thing when someone
puts a spacecraft in your hands

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and puts a lot of faith in you
to do a job.

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I think you have hypengyophobia.

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That's fear of responsibility.

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Going to the moon will straighten you out.

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Next patient!

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Can't forget our little mascot,
Charlie Brown.

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Okay, we got Snoopy now.

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Good grief, Charlie Brown!

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Okay, I've studied the films
and the photos,

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and the answer is:
Snoopy did go to space, many times...

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as an award.

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The Silver Snoopy Award.

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That award is awarded by an astronaut

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to an employee
that has gone above and beyond.

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They are awarded tiny lapel pins,
such as I am now wearing.

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To me, it is just about the greatest thing
in the world to be involved.

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Less than one percent
of NASA's workforce gets one.

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I was given one in 1998.

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The little five-year-old in me

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who's been collecting astronaut Snoopys
all these years,

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this one means so, so much.

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Nobody remembers Apollo 10

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until you tell 'em our spacecraft
were Snoopy and Charlie Brown.

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"Oh, I remember!"
They remember Snoopy and Charlie Brown.

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Well, even if Snoopy
wasn't really on board Apollo 10,

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I think it's a lot of fun to think of him
someday landing on the moon.

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If I may.