A Snoopy cap, or communication cap, is a part of a space suit worn by American astronauts on the head and incorporating an 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]
![Neil Armstrong wearing a Snoopy cap](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Armstrong-Spencom01.jpg/220px-Armstrong-Spencom01.jpg)