This ran in the newspapers today. I don't know the exact date it was originally published, but I suspect it was mid-July 1969. For you @Alpha gatorcpa
Love it! It's from: March 8, 1969 (Start of the storyline in which Snoopy pretends to be the World Famous Astronaut) http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/March_1969_comic_strips
Here's the original black& white daily: http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/March_1969_comic_strips?file=Pe690308.gif
Read the article linked below, which describes the origin of the award. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/features/snoopy.html The contemporary utilization of the award is described here: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/sfa/aac/silver-snoopy-award