Earlier this week Nick Howes FRAS was on twitter about Project Snoopy, so today I caught up with  Nick to find out  how things are going . Project Snoopy is about the Recovery  of the Apollo 10 Lunar Module Callsign Snoopy , The Apollo 10  Command Module was called Charlie Brown and flown by  Capt. John Young .  While Snoopy was flown by  Cmdr Thomas P. Stafford &  Capt. Eugene Cernan  down to within 50,000 feet of the Lunar surface.

https://www.space.com/13010-snoopy-nasa-lost-apollo-10-lunar-module-search.html

Apollo 10 Mission Report : https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a410/A10_MissionReport.pdf

Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the  Apollo space program, and the second (after Apollo 8) to orbit the Moon. Launched on May 18, 1969, it was the F mission: a “dress rehearsal” for the first Moon landing, testing all of the components and procedures, just short of actually landing.

Dates: May 18, 1969 – May 26, 1969

Launch date: May 18, 1969

Landing date: May 26, 1969

Operator: NASA

Crew size: 3

Members: Thomas P. Stafford, John Young, Eugene Cernan

Apollo Command Module  & Lunar Module Call Signs

Mission

Command Module

Lunar Module

Apollo 7

“Apollo 7”.

None.

 

Apollo 8

“Apollo 8”.

None.

 

Apollo 9

“Gumdrop”. Derived from the appearance of the spacecraft when transported on Earth. During shipment, it was wrapped in blue wrappings giving appearance of a wrapped gumdrop.

“Spider”, derived from its bug‑like configuration.

 

Apollo 10

“Charlie Brown”, from a character in comic strip Peanuts© drawn by Charles L. Schulz. As in the comic, the CM “Charlie Brown” would be the guardian of the LM “Snoopy.”

“Snoopy,” after the beagle dog character in the same comic strip. The name referred to the fact that the LM would be “snooping” around the lunar surface in low orbit. Also, at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Snoopy was symbol of quality performance. Employees who did outstanding work were awarded a silver Snoopy pin.

 

Apollo 11

“Columbia”, after “Columbiad”, the canon used to launch Jules Verne’s moonship (commonly thought to be the moonship itself which was referred to only as “the projectile”); also used because of the close relationship of the word to the United States’ origins.

“Eagle,” after the eagle selected for the mission insignia.

 

Apollo 12

“Yankee Clipper”, selected from names submitted by employees of the command module prime contractor.

“Intrepid”, selected from names submitted by employees of the lunar module prime contractor.

 

Apollo 13

“Odyssey,” reminiscent of the long voyage of Odysseus of Greek mythology.

“Aquarius,” after the Egyptian god Aquarius, the water carrier.