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Trivia: Fun With Call Signs

TRIVIA >> The astronauts and NASA were involved in a igood-natured battle over acceptable call signs for their craft. After allowing Apollo 10 to fly with craft named Charlie Brown and Snoopy, NASA clearly felt that Haystack and Snowcone were a step too far on Apollo 11. Thus we were spared “The Snowcone  has landed!”.

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