# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ClWzGJ9SdoM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/1199053-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-11-24T19:56:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Snoopy has a proud history of floating, and not just down the streets of New York City.

For more than 50 years, Snoopygrams has contributed to the excitement for NASA human spaceflight missions, helping inspire generations to dream big.

In 1969, Apollo 10 astronauts traveled to the Moon for one final test before the lunar landing attempt. The mission required the lunar module to skim the lunar surface to within 50,000 feet and "snoop around" scouting the Apollo 11 landing site, leading the crew to name the lunar module "Snoopy." The Apollo command module, in turn, was labeled "Charlie Brown.”

Today, #AstronautSnoopy is orbiting the Moon with NASAArtemis. Inside the Orion spacecraft, he plays a special role as Orion’s zero-gravity indicator, providing a visual when the spacecraft has reached the near weightlessness of microgravity. The character balloon also floated through Manhattan as part of the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Image Descriptions:
1. A large inflatable Snoopy float drifts down the streets of New York City in a parade. Snoopy, a caricature of a white dog with black eyes and a black snout, is dressed in the bright orange flight suit and visor helmet donned by NASA astronauts.

2. A large inflatable Snoopy float drifts down the streets of New York City flanked by skyscrapers. People in orange-and-blue outfits hold tethers below the balloon to keep it from floating away.

3. A side view of the enormous #AstronautSnoopy balloon in the middle of an intersection in Manhattan.

4. Snoopy, the zero-gravity indicator for NASA’s Artemis I flight test, floats in space on Nov. 20, 2022, while attached to his tether in the Orion spacecraft. In this enhanced image, Snoopy stands out in a custom orange spacesuit, while Orion's interior has been shaded black-and-white for contrast.

Credits: 1-3. NASA/Bill Ingalls; 4. NASA.

#NASA #Snoopy #Thanksgiving #Parade #NYC

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