Snoopy cap

English alt=Armstrong wearing headgear and smiling|thumb|right|Neil Armstrong in a Snoopy cap. Etymology From en Snoopy cap, from the comic strip Peanuts having an association with NASA and the cap wrapping around an astronaut’s head like a dog’s ears. Noun A piece of headgear worn by astronauts with built-in communications technology. en Of course, the helmet and Snoopy cap headphone arrangement insulate astronauts from some of the noise. 52 Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising Questions about Space Travel R. Mike Mullane 9780471154044 1997-02-05 Wiley (publisher) Wiley en An astronaut wears a close-fitting cap, called a Snoopy cap, which contains a radio for communications. Astronaut 109 Flight and Motion: The History and Science of Flying Dale Anderson Ian Graham Brian Williams 9781317470427 2015-07-17 Taylor & Francis en SNOOPY CAP. This soft cap (4) contains earpieces and a microphone for radio communications. 10 Launch Day You Wouldn't Want to Be on Apollo XIII! Ian Graham 9781912537303 Book House 2018-09 en yes Also known as the Snoopy cap, nicknamed after the Peanuts character whose ears it resembles,* the communications carrier assembly has two earphones and two microphones. Note in the original: “Snoopy is the official mascot of the Apollo space program.” 150 5: Staying Alive in Space How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure John Rocco 9780525647430 Random House Random House Children's Books 2020-10-06 en Headwear Telecommunications en terms derived from fiction