Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the other crewmen of Apollo X

In May of 1969, Apollo 10 lifted off for a rendezvous with the Moon. It was the dress rehearsal mission for the first lunar surface landing mission, and the crew came within 50,000 feet of the Moon’s surface. While the history books name a three man crew of Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan, the payload that was lifted by a Saturn V rocket on that Sunday afternoon, carried a total of five crewmates. In addition to Stafford, Young and Cernan, many of the general public would be amazed to learn that “Charlie Brown” and “Snoopy” were also along for the ride to the Moon.