Snoopy cap
A Snoopy cap, or communication cap, is a part of a
audio headset for communication.[1]
The cap is nicknamed after the Peanuts character, whom its black and white paneling resembled.[2]
Its NASA designation is Communications Carrier Assembly.[3] The "Snoopy cap" includes two earphones and two microphones, to tolerate failure of a single unit.[4]
References
- ^ "Learn About Spacesuits". NASA. November 13, 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Armstrong's Apollo 11 "Snoopy Cap"". National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "NASA - Communicating in Space". NASA. August 26, 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-4419-9566-7.