“When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
’tis near Halloween.”
– Author Unknown
Day: September 11, 2026
Snoopy- 4 Ever
WP Prompt: Daily writing prompt: Who is your favorite Cartoon Character?
He was calm.
he was cool
he was collected
under any circumstance he found himself in.
He was independent
He was a fighter pilot and an adventurer.
He is Snoopy.
Snoopy was my hero because he was fearless- he even slept outside in the dark all by himself.
Snoopy was also an astronaut in real life, sort of:
NASA – http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a10/a10.s69_32037.jpg
NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 10 mission to the Moon, with a Snoopy puppet at an April 1969 news conference. “Snoopy” was the name of the Apollo 10 lunar module. NASA photo S69-32037
The Lunar Lander from Apollo 10 had a nickname. It was called “Snoopy” after the dog in the Peanuts comic strip, by Charles Schulz. NASA thought that giving the lander and the command module names from the popular comic strip would help kids be interested in the mission. (The command module was called “Charlie Brown.”) Snoopy was sent off to orbit the Sun without another thought, and nobody thought to keep track of it.
In 2019 group of amateur astronomers in the UK thought they may have found Snoopy but I never saw an update, so Snoopy is still out there somewhere.
For the curious, this is what NASA’s Snoopy looks like:
he ascent stage from Apollo 10’s lunar module “Snoopy” as it was photographed orbiting the moon in May 1969. (NASA)
To be honest though, when I think about ” Snoopy ” in space I see this:
and nothing will take that image of my Snoopy out of my head.
Snoopy is an shall always remain my favorite comic book character of all time.