The Silver Snoopy award is a special honor awarded to NASA employees and contractors for outstanding achievements related to human flight safety or mission success. The award certificate states that it is "In Appreciation" "For professionalism, dedication and outstanding support that greatly enhanced space flight safety and mission success." The award depicts Snoopy, a character from the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz.The award is given personally by NASA astronauts as it represents the astronauts' own recognition of excellence. It is presented at the workplace of the recipient with the recipient's coworkers present. The Silver Snoopy award is one of several awards overseen by the Space Flight Awareness (SFA) program at NASA.
The award consists of a sterling silver "Silver Snoopy" lapel pin flown during a NASA mission, a commendation letter (stating the mission the Silver Snoopy pin was flown on) and a signed, framed Silver Snoopy certificate. Snoopy decals and posters are also given to the recipient.
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Silver Snoopy Award
Credits: NASA
Of all the SFA Awards, the Silver Snoopy best symbolizes the intent and spirit of Space Flight Awareness. An astronaut always presents the Silver Snoopy because it is the astronauts' own award for outstanding performance, contributing to flight safety and mission success. Fewer than 1 percent of the aerospace program workforce receive it annually, making it a special honor to receive this award.
The award is a sterling silver Snoopy lapel pin that has flown in space, plus a certificate of appreciation and commendation letter for the employee, both signed by the astronaut.
CRITERIA
Employees must have significantly contributed to the human space flight program to ensure flight safety and mission success. Potential awardees must meet two or more of the following criteria:
- Significantly contributing beyond their normal work requirements.
- Performing a single specific achievement which contributed towards attaining a particular program goal.
- Contributing to one or more major cost saving/cost avoidance.
- Instrumental in developing program modifications that increase quality, reliability, safety, efficiency, or performance.
- Developing or assisting with an operational improvement that increases efficiency and performance.
- Developing a process improvement of significant magnitude.
Note: Except in rare cases, the Silver Snoopy award is not intended for supervisors at GS-14 and above, as well as equivalent levels within industry, which would be second level and above. Please note that part-time employees are not eligible to receive this award.
RECOGNITION
The award consists of:
(1) A Silver Snoopy pin that has been flown in space.
(2) The commendation letter (stating when the Snoopy was flown).
(3) Signed SFA Silver Snoopy Award certificate.
SNOOPY REPLACEMENT
If you have any questions or have lost your Silver Snoopy Award Pin, please contact your Space Flight Awareness Center or Contract Representative.
You will need to send a copy or image of your award certificate, along with any paperwork that confirms that award. All inquiries will be checked against the awards database and the center's files.
1. Did Schulz sign a bunch of certificates prior to his death?
2. Receiving decals and posters along with a pin sounds pretty cheesy.
3. I know this award is no doubt prestigious, but the whole Snoopy thing, just seems odd.
4. "If you've lost your Snoopy pin"... does the Congressional Medal of Honor have the same replacement offer? What if you've lost your Snoopy Award certificate as well?
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