Astro Snoopy SocksNasa asked Charles Schulz to create strips of Snoopy as an Astronaut in an effort to inspire public excitement about Americas space program. As the World Famous Astronaut, Snoopy explored the Moon before a human stepped foot on it. During the fourth telecast from Apollo 10, when they were halfway to the moon, one hundred and ten thousand miles away from Earth, astronauts John Young and Thomas Stafford proudly held up a picture of Snoopy to the camera.