Snoopy
Awards & Honours
4
Awards Won
5
Honours
2
Rankings
4
Covers
3
Records
Snoopy's honors are unusual because they come from institutions that do not usually honor cartoon dogs. NASA made him its official safety mascot, and the Silver Snoopy Award is still given to employees and contractors for flight safety achievements. The Apollo 10 lunar module carried his name in 1969. He shares a Hollywood Walk of Fame star at 7021 Hollywood Blvd, dedicated in 1995. The Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa keeps the legacy in physical form, and hospital art programs like the UC Davis Children's Hospital Peanuts Paintfest in 2026 bring him into spaces where comfort matters. These are not awards in the traditional sense, but they are distinctions few fictional characters have ever matched.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
NASA Safety Mascot
Official mascot for flight safety; the Silver Snoopy Award is given to employees and contractors.
Apollo 10 Lunar Module "Snoopy"
The lunar module for the Apollo 10 mission was named Snoopy, with the command module named Charlie Brown.
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Star at 7021 Hollywood Blvd, shared with the Peanuts gang.
Guinness World Record
Peanuts holds the record for longest-running comic strip by a single author (Schulz, 1950-2000).
UC Davis Children's Hospital Mural
Snoopy mural created through the Peanuts Paintfest program.
Rankings & Lists
Greatest Cartoon Characters
Greatest Comic Book Characters
Magazine Covers
TIME
April 9, 1965
The Peanuts Gang
Life
January 14, 1966
Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang
TV Guide
December 4, 1965
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Rolling Stone
October 2000
Peanuts at 50
Records & Feats
Most Merchandised Comic Character After Mickey Mouse
Snoopy is routinely cited as the second most merchandised comic character in the world, behind only Mickey Mouse.
Longest-Running Comic Strip by a Single Author
Peanuts, featuring Snoopy, holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running comic strip by a single author, running from 1950 to 2000.
First Comic Character to Have a NASA Spacecraft Named After Him
The Apollo 10 lunar module was named Snoopy in 1969, making him the first comic-strip character to have a spacecraft named in his honor.