{"id":6636,"date":"2021-11-12T13:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/?p=6636"},"modified":"2021-11-12T13:23:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:23:17","slug":"upcoming-nasa-mission-to-be-unmanned-but-not-undogged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2021\/11\/upcoming-nasa-mission-to-be-unmanned-but-not-undogged\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming NASA mission to be unmanned, but not undogged"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many Snoopys have been in space, whether we’re talking the Apollo X lunar module or the tiny Silver Snoopy pins placed on NASA space flights and then awarded to folks who helped with operational safety. There’s even been a stuffed Snoopy in space before, as when astronaut Mike Massimino took his childhood toy with him for the ride. But (to the best of my knowledge) a stuffed Snoopy has never been a functional part of a mission… until now.<\/p>\n

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As a press release<\/a> announces (and AAUGH Blog reader John pointed out to me), there will be a stuffed Snoopy on the Artemis I, a space vessel with no human crew that is a first step toward an upcoming human return to the moon. This particular Snoopy will take on a very weighty job… or not very weighty, that’s the point. His job is to be the zero gravity indicator — when the Artemis I hits that microgravity situation, Snoopy will demonstrate that by floating and flipping in the… well, I was going to say “air”, but I’m not presuming that they’ll bother with pressurizing an uncrewed vehicle. (They might be. I am no rocket scientist.) But if there is no air, don’t worry — Snoopy will have a custom\u00a0 spacesuit, made of all the proper official spacesuit materials, so he’ll be just fine.<\/p>\n

That this was announced on the same day that season two of Snoopy In Space<\/em> lands on AppleTV+ is no coincidence. Here’s the trailer for the new season:<\/p>\n