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I can't imagine that it would look too different from its appearance in 1969. Then again, constant exposure to solar radiation could have taken a toll on the module. It's amazing that parts of the Apollo missions 50+ years ago are still out there. Space really is an eternal museum.

I want to bring snoopy back and put it in a museum, that's a cool story!

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The Cradle of Aviation Museum in Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York has the LEM intended for Apollo 18. The spacecraft was donated by Grumman. It is a magnificent display.

Looks like Snoopy had a great journey

I love the idea of one day being able to retrieve these bits of space flotsam and put them in a museum one day

So the thumbnail was a clickbait cause it said that it was found but in reality, it wasnt, cause you said it's still 'speculation' 😒

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In case anybody is feeling sad about snoopy being all alone out there in the endless expanse of space, worry not! The current plan for one of the Artemis missions involves yeeting an HLS out into interplanetary space just like snoopy, so after fifty-something years it’ll finally have a buddy out there!

I wonder if any microorganisms survived inside for this long. It would be an incredible example of adaptations to deep space with extreme temperature and radiation exposure if they did.

Bringing Snoopy back, we can actually see how the extremely low temperatures of the space and solar radiations have modified the lattice structure of Aluminium.

What an amazing story, I had no idea that Snoopy had escaped us. Because of the hole in the hatch I assume all of the oxygen within had vented into space, no oxygen = no oxidization, so the interior should be pristine. The exterior should be pretty good too, perhaps a few micro-meteors left their holes here and there, but as nothing had drastically altered the orbit it won't be that bad in my opinion. If it were my choice, I would leave her where she is. Fate chose her path and she is in the best museum that money can't buy. Who knows, she may well "out live" mankind. Those who find her will wonder at who we were and our achievements long after all other traces of us have turned to dust.

I have often thought about how Voyager 1 and 2 would look like if it was possible to inspect them up close as they travel through space. It would be interesting to observe the LM AS of Apollo 10 and I would expect to see many signs of it being exposed in space for so long.

I'd say 50 years of deep space have really preserved it.

Snoopy is probaby in relatively good shape just faded a bunch. It would be really cool for it to be put in a museum if we ever retrieve it. Might also be able to study the effects of longterm exposure in space.

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My mom's friend back in the 60's worked at NASA on the Apollo XIII. She gave me a patch which I still have. I'll never forget her as she was the one that got me interested in science.

it would be wonderful in the future to have the possibility to bring this spaceship back to earth and perhaps to carry out missions of this type also to carry out maintenance on other space probes. Beautiful!

Your explanations are so good. The animations are so brilliantly synced with the narration. Thank you.

Depending what definition of spacecraft you use, Snoopy may not be the only one still flying through space that once had humans in it. Snoopy is cruising the cosmos with a little red Tesla that once carried humans.

It was on the shelf the whole time right next to the 2001 and 2010 Space Odyssey models.

Great video, i just found out you yesterday, and i have already watched all your videos uploaded in the last 3 years. Your videos are really great, amazing explanations, for ease of understanding. Fantastic work.

If you find the Red Baron, then you'll find Snoopy.

I was a kid in the 60s and remember this, and the Charlie Brown TV specials, well. The craft is interesting anyway, but that the craft is named "Snoopy" had me welling up tears for some odd reason. It's kind of touching knowing Snooping is still flying out there somewhere.

I believe Snoopy will be more or less the same from when we lost it in '69, but it's hard to say how staying in a vacuum for 50+ years could affect it

Honestly, I imagine it would be in a similar condition to how it was in 1969, albeit with a little less atmosphere. Im glad at least one part of the Apollo missions is out there to serve as an eternal history museum (aside from all the S-IVB stages out there).

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imagine there's a scenario where your ship is destroyed, you're lost in space, and you see a dot in the middle of the darkness, you grab a fire extinguisher to reach it, and there. Power it on, presurize it, and call on an old UHF radio «i'm safe» «are you back on the dragon VI capsule?» «nah, i'm on the LEM.»

Maybe future generations will be able to bring Snoopy home. That would be really cool!

I believe that the internal portion of Snoopy will be relatively similar to how it appeared to the astronauts. The external portions of it will definitely have had some degree of wear. How much is based on various factors such as its orbit, whether there was any spin, whether it was in the path of any solar events such as a CME, etc. It is difficult to say how much damage the spacecraft will have suffered but it is likely not in pristine condition.

this channel is so interesting, I have been in love with all things space related since I was 1st able to talk and I even saw the challenger explode during that time. Love the idea that we finally found Snoopy after all this time.

I think it would be super cool to have a future space mission where we bring home whole spacecraft from the 60s and whatnot. I know we found a fuel tank orbiting the sun from one of the apollo missions somewhat recently. It would be so cool to just bring those artifacts home.

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I had the honour of meeting Eugene Cernan many years ago. He spent about 1/2 hour chatting with me. At one point, I asked him about the rumour that he and his copilot had thought about “mutiny” by actually landing. He said they talked about it jokingly, but the look on his face told me it may have been a little more serious of a discussion. 🙂

What is crazy is that NASA was doing these launches and test runs in a matter of months. The Apollo 9, 10, 11, and 12 all happened in the same calendar year with 11 and 12 landing on the Moon! Right after 9 the next team was prepping 10 to fly weeks after. Even the Space Shuttle program struggled to achieve or maintain that kind of schedule.

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Im seeing a lot of AI and Bot based science channels now a days. I like how this channel is not one of them. This channel really makes me feel insignificant on the grand scale of the universe!

The geometry of those altered orbits are insane 😂

Fascinating. Thank you for uploading.

Snoopy had a long and great journey 1969 - forever

I think it's going to be generally intact, except a few of the more delicate internal components surely affected by interplanetary dust and particles hitting the craft for decades. Only one way to know for sure though, recovering it. It belongs in a museum!

it might be one that has had impacts from micro items but the best way to find out is to have a small probe like a cube sat get a closer look with a camera. And maybe even attach to it with a beacon device

On one hand, Snoopy has been in an absolute vacuum where oxidation doesn't exist. On the other hand, it has been exposed to sometimes extreme ultraviolet radiation, which is known to deteriorate manmade objects. I was young, but I still remember the Apollo Program as it unfolded and part of me says leave it alone and let it continue its journey, while another part of me says it would be a once in a lifetime experience to see it on display someday. Either way, this is a pretty cool find.

I think Snoopy will be almost perfectly preserved as it was in 1969 and is an amazing time capsule from that era!

This is so fascinating and really amazing to think about its journey all this time, who knows what it saw and where it flew past by. Would of been awesome if there was any way to recover data from it, but I imagine it is still in the same condition as it was 50 years ago, maybe some scuffs and faded painting but other then that has to still work

I like the fact is still around in space and not destroyed on surface, The people of Northrop Grumman did an incredible job and it was one of the most reliable parts of the mission.

Great work on this video Ewan. Was that actual film of the astronauts that you used? Also, since all the air rushed out of the module, would it not collapse at least partially?

If it's ever visited, it will be interesting to see how many, if any, impacts it's had with micrometeoroids/meteoroids/debris, that would have been potentially catastrophic. Divide that by how long it's been in interplanetary space, and it could give us a lot of useful information about the risk posed to future manned interplanetary missions, as well as the the kind of shielding needed to minimise those odds.

Snoopy might still just be in the same condition as Surveyor 2's 3rd stage! But who knows, it's 2023, we have to wait until 2028.

You learn something new every day! Man, I love science!

2:53 Those stars are twinkling! 😍 Must be a lot of atmospheric turbulence out there!

That would be a trip to get that thing back along with the frozen💩

Thanks for the post. If Snoopy were in a relatively stable attitude (or only slowly tumbling) its external structure would be relatively intact. But if any remaining RCS fuel managed to leech through the plumbing to the thrusters over time, it might be in a high spin such that various antennae would've detached. Unpainted surfaces on the exterior would probably have successfully reflected sunlight, but the black pyromark-coated panels would likely have blistered and flaked away. Here's hoping we'll be able to get some decent pics in 2028. There's also some speculation that the Eagle Ascent Stage is still in lunar orbit.

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Never thought I would cry about a lunar module 😢

That's impressive detective work. Thanks 👍

Snoopy probably has a beautiful view, up among the stars, looking down at us, hoping one day we might come retrieve him home at last ❤

A slight factual error. One of the mission objectives was to give the ascent stage engine a long duration burn to fuel depletion. So the re-firing of Snoopy's engine was deliberate. Snoopy also contained less than a full load of fuel so that depletion occurred in a timely fashion. The low fuel is one of several reasons why a Moon landing by Apollo 10 was not possible.

I think (and hope) that Snoopy is in good condition so that we can recover it 😅

I suspect that the overall shape will be roughly the same as when Snoopy was made. Likely to have faded in appearance, maybe to a more grayish tone, due to the constant solar radiation. There may also be quite a few impact craters, ranging from microscopic to larger dents, due to impacts with space objects (meteors, dust, space junk). It would be very interesting to see Snoopy's current state. And, yes, being able to bring it back, perhaps to sit next to an Apollo space craft in a museum, would be fascinating.

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that module is probably frozen, however its going to be out there for as long as t doesn't hit something. it would likely be implausible to intercept and capture it at this time due to how long its been floating around, the metals are still fine, but its going faster than is safely possible to intercept, with a very efficient vessel and a mapped trajectory we could get it back, but that single module is going to be stuck in space for years

I hope snoopy is in pristine condition and that we can retrieve it so that we can prove that we can retrieve amazing items like this.

Great video, the only thing I would add is that we don’t actually know where Apollo 11 eagle is, which is pretty amazing considering it’s historical significance. We have found all the crash sites of all the other Luna missions minus snoopy Command modules but not Apollo 11. It has been suggested that it might actually still be in Luna orbit. Pretty amazing if you ask me.

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Its in the same place as all the other Apollo modules. A storage room behind a sound stage in Pasadena.

no way, i was just reading about this on wikipedia and now theres a video on it!

Snoopy would be very precious for us humans as it is one of the first signs of human exploration in space. I hope Snoopy will be in great condition!

Thank you for the intriguing video and the possibilities of Snoopy's position and condition. Three notes: 1:10 shows all the flown Apollo Lunar Modules, but Apollo 5 (January 1968) was launched without landing legs (weren't ready yet and not needed for Earth orbit test. 2:26-Narration states "NASA decided to fire its (Snoopy's) engines..." Only the ascent engine was left to fire. As long as you do not count the Reaction Control System thrusters; there was only one engine left on the ascent stage. 4:40- Narration states that burn added 1 kilometers per second velocity (plural). Should be kilometer (singular). Greatly enjoyed the video and very much looking forward to another close approach to Earth in 2028. Perhaps a recovery mission can be undertaken?

Congrats, Alan! 🎉

Hang on Snoopy, Snoopy hang on! We'll get you back one of these days.

It takes real balls of steel to go to space knowing that the ship could malfunction any moment and you could be floating in Space for eternity

If as you say Snoopy detached faster than expected would this not only change the speed but also the trajectory slightly and put Snoopy further away? Yes, I think it will be possible for Snoopy to be recovered one day and brought back to Earth.

It's a model of long-term extraterrestrial residence. Might be an interesting thing to study.

The LM was never meant to be durable. Collisions with micrometeoroids probably have certain areas looking like more like lace than metal sheets. The unfiltered sunlight would likely obliterate unprotected plastics. The Mylar blankets had thin coatings of gold and nickel which (if intact) would preserve them. Interior items are going to span the range of possibilities.

Thanks for the video. I'd never heard this story, and I'm fascinated by it. Snoopy's condition will depend on several things. First, I don't expect any polymers or elastomers that were on the surface to still be attached. UV light from the sun likely will have destroyed anything made of carbon chains. I don't know how much UV light will get through the hole blown into the hatch during separation. I don't know whether any small meteors will have hit Snoopy and put additional holes in the shell. If UV light has been getting inside and reflecting around the inside for fifty years, I'd expect everything made of polymer or elastomer to be completely destroyed as well. If there were hydraulics inside the module, the fluids would have seeped through non-metallic hoses long ago and escaped into space. If everything was sealed completely with metal pipes and holes, then maybe some of the hydraulic fluid is still inside. Wires that were insulated with polymer or elastomer will have lost the insulation if the UV radiation reached them. In terms of the metallic components, I don't see a reason why they would be terribly damaged. The vapor pressure above a piece of metal is tiny, and in the cold of space that vapor pressure is even smaller. However, an atom will occasionally fly off the surface. In the vacuum of space, that atom won't return. I doubt that the rate of loss would be enough that we would be able to notice or measure, but maybe there will be some metal loss. If tiny particles are flying through space, those particles could have scoured the surface of the module. Aluminum is not very hard, and small rocks moving along the surface would cut grooves in the surface. If those rocks/particles are microscopic, the grooves will be microscopic. If they are bigger, the grooves will be bigger. I'd expect to see some surface scouring of the aluminum shell. The metal inside the module should be pretty much intact. Aluminum has good thermal conductivity. I could imagine the module staying a fairly constant temperature on all pieces of metal. On the other hand, I'm not familiar with how much the sun can heat one side of an aluminum object when that side is turned towards the sun. If the module has stayed in one position relative to the sun so that one side has been hot and the other cold for fifty years, I wouldn't expect much damage. If the module has been tumbling for fifty years and there is a significant temperature gradient from the hot side to the cold side, we may find that the thermally-induced stresses have caused fatigue cracking of the aluminum. These cracks could grow to the point that the module would break apart at some point.

Built on Long Island at Grumman.. I knew a lot of these guys who would also fly model airplanes at mtichel field

"...the last time it was ever seen, by humans." You HAD to put that last part in and creep me out.

Given the materials the LEM is made out of, I'd say the surface will mostly be intact aside from the micrometeoroid impacts, and I'd wager components like the RCS clusters will still be hanging in there. Long live Snoopy, we hope to see you in person some day!

I think Snoopy will be in almost pristine condition

Snoopy always was a mischievous critter. I'm not surprised it's namesake made a clean getaway.

Future space explorers will pick up this module and place it in a museum, alongside the retrieved pioneer and voyager probes.

What a cool trip! I'd reckon to say that the LM's interior would probably be fine, unless it had a major collision to rupture it, or a similar failure on onboard systems. However, the frailer outer sections may very well be tattered from micrometeor collisions. It'd certainly be a great case study if Snoopy could be recovered to gauge the effects of such long-term deep space travel!

I believe that some of the interior will have been changed by exposure to hard vacuum but be mostly intact. Additionally, I think there is a good chance that the exterior will be a little dirty but otherwise totally intact.

Question if anybody sees this, the astronauts actually saw with their own eyes snoopy performing it’s burn, I wonder if this is the only time in history where somebody in space saw another space vehicles propulsion. The little compressed air puffs from the shuttle and the capsule are not the same as doing a burn, although I have no idea if during the earlier Saturn missions if they saw it during the docking phase. Just a thought that crossed my mind of a “wow that actually might be a one and only time” type of thing lol. Edit: 2:24 is where he mentions it.

According to a video released by Scott Manley, it is possible that Eagle (Apollo 11s LM) is still orbiting the moon. Also, I am not surprised they had this issue with Snoopy when undocking. The craft did have a couple of other issues during the flight as well. What amazes me is that the Apollo space craft were mostly free of glitches.

I think Snoopy would in pretty much same condition right now when it left the lunar module , except it would frozen, also there are many radiations in space, so it may have become pretty radioactive.

Scott Manley made a video about the Apollo 11 LM and how it might be still in lunar orbit instead of crashing. I hoped you guys would cover it. Also, I´m not sure if the astronauts were actually able to see the burn in 2:38 since the exhaust plume of the ascent engine was almost clear, like seen during the Apollo 17 launch from the lunar surface. It definitely didnt look bright orange, like depicted here.

Interesting analysis about snoopy. "by now it might be fully covered with space dust"

Did anyone win that poster he promised?

i think it would be radioactive but it would be pretty interesting if we could recover it and maybe test it out or something . love the vids these got me into space thanks

i miss heard the end where he said apollo poster and thought he said apollo 11 toaster now i keep thinking of a toaster with a net over it to catch toast before it gets launched across the capsule. man i wish i had one of those.

Its amazing that people spend days living in those tiny little space capsules

Can you imagine how amazing it would be to visit the Smithsonian and be able to see Snoopy someday?? To know it was out there for decades and we retrieved it and brought it home!

Noooooo snoopy come back

Awesome and interesting video. I think the craft will be pristine, aside from the hole in the hatch, also any paint will be totally bleached off it by now from the suns rays

Gives a whole new meaning to the song "Snoopy Come Home". ;)

The Apollo’s Lunar Modules were made out of almost only aluminium. Aluminium can corrode, but that makes it only stronger. So I think Snoopy hasn’t changed a lot. It is like a time capsule floating through space.

Snoopy come home