Snoopy in Space

Snoopy in Space is an animated children's series of short episodes on Apple TV+ in which Snoopy, the beagle from Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts, pursues his dream of becoming a NASA astronaut, joined by Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang. The series was produced by WildBrain (formerly DHX Media) and grew out of a 2018 Space Act Agreement (legal contract letting NASA partner with private entities) between Peanuts Worldwide and NASA designed to inspire a passion for space exploration and STEM among students.^{1 • 2}

Production and the NASA partnership

Apple announced in December 2018 that it would be the home for new Peanuts content from DHX Media, working with its subsidiary Peanuts Worldwide, and that the first project would be an original short-form STEM series featuring astronaut Snoopy.¹ The series was created by Mark Evestaff, who also served as showrunner and executive producer alongside Craig Schulz, Josh Scherba, Anne Loi, Stephanie Betts, and Paige Braddock.⁴

The NASA collaboration was formalized through a Space Act Agreement signed in 2018, designed to inspire a passion for space exploration and STEM among the next generation of students. Under the partnership NASA supported new Peanuts programs focused on astronaut Snoopy, including a STEM-based curriculum for students in kindergarten through 5th grade about America's deep space exploration objectives.⁹ NASA also produced classroom activity sets with Peanuts Worldwide celebrating the 20th anniversary of humans living on the International Space Station, designed for grades K-4 and 5-8 and available in multiple languages.¹⁰

Voice cast

Terry McGurrin voices Snoopy and Rob Tinkler voices Woodstock; Ethan Pugiotto voices Charlie Brown, with Hattie Kragten as Sally Brown, Christian Dal Dosso as Franklin, Isabella Leo as Lucy van Pelt, Wyatt White as Linus van Pelt, Holly Gorski as Marcie, and Isis Moore as Peppermint Patty. Nicole Byer voices C.A.R.A. (Computerized Astronaut Recruitment Advisor), a NASA computer.⁶

Educational content and reception

The series distributes bite-sized space facts designed to inspire young viewers, covering topics such as growing food in space, astronaut food, moon rocks and craters, and historical snippets about NASA. Common Sense Media rated it appropriate for ages 4 and up and named it a Common Sense Selection, noting that the educational content does not feel heavy-handed.⁵ On Rotten Tomatoes, season 1 holds a 100% average Tomatometer from six reviews.³ Apple TV+ describes the series as Emmy and Annie Award-nominated.⁷

Snoopy and NASA before the series

The show draws on a NASA-Peanuts relationship that long predates it. In 1968, Snoopy became the mascot of NASA's Manned Flight Awareness program, since renamed the Space Flight Awareness program; that program, created in 1963, was meant to remind all personnel involved in human spaceflight that the quality of their work could mean the difference between life and death.¹¹ During Apollo 10, the astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Gene Cernan chose Peanuts characters as call signs: the command module was Charlie Brown and the lunar module was Snoopy.¹² Since 1968, astronauts have awarded the Silver Snoopy pin, flown in space, to NASA workforce members for contributions to flight safety and mission assurance.^{11 • 13}

The partnership continued after the series premiered. In 2019, Snoopy floated in the International Space Station with astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, and in November 2022 a Snoopy plush in a custom flightsuit made from the same materials as human spacesuits flew aboard Artemis I as the mission's zero-gravity indicator, visible on camera as the spacecraft traveled 1.4 million miles.^{14 • 11}

Availability

The series streams on Apple TV+ under Apple's exclusive rights to the Peanuts catalog, obtained in 2020 and extended in 2025 through 2030.¹⁵ WildBrain has also licensed both seasons for broadcast internationally, including to Knowledge Kids in Canada, TV Azteca in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, and Panda Kids in Portugal.¹⁶

References

1. Apple Lands New 'Peanuts' Shows and Specials From DHX Media, TheWrap
2. Snoopy in Space, WildBrain
3. Snoopy in Space: The Search for Life, Rotten Tomatoes
4. Snoopy in Space, Apple TV Press
5. Snoopy in Space: Parents' Guide & TV Review, Common Sense Media
6. Snoopy in Space: a Titles & Air Dates Guide, epguides
7. It's a Snoopy summer! Apple TV announces an all-new slate of Peanuts programming, Apple TV Press
8. Snoopy in Space, Metacritic
9. Snoopy to Fly on NASA's Artemis I Moon Mission, NASA
10. Snoopy and NASA: Celebrating the Space Station, NASA
11. Snoopy In Space, National Air and Space Museum, Air & Space Quarterly
12. The cosmos beckons for Snoopy onscreen and in real life, PBS News
13. Snoopy in the Sky: How the Cartoon Beagle Became an Aerospace Icon, National Air and Space Museum
14. The Story of Snoopy in Space, Smithsonian Magazine
15. Apple TV+ extends its deal to be the exclusive streaming home for 'Peanuts' until 2030, AP News
16. WildBrain Signs New Global Broadcast Deals for 3 'Snoopy' Series, Animation World Network

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Animated television series (individual series) › Children's animated adventure and fantasy series › Comedy and slice-of-life series › Premiered 1961 to 2019

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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