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Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3, and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.
Jun 6, 2024 · Alan Bean was an American astronaut and lunar module pilot on the Apollo 12 mission (November 14-22, 1969), during which he became the fourth person to walk on the Moon. After retiring from NASA he pursued a career as a painter, specializing in subjects drawn from his spaceflight experience.
May 26, 2018 · NASA remembers Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the Moon in 1969, commanded the second Skylab crew in 1973 and went on in retirement to paint the remarkable worlds and sights he had seen like no other artist.
Alan Bean was the fourth man to set foot on the moon and the first artist to do so. Born on March 15, 1932, he dreamed of space since he was a child. His dream became a reality in November 1969 when he took part in the Apollo 12 mission.
May 26, 2018 · Alan Bean walked on the moon during Apollo 12. He turned to painting to chronicle his experiences. Biography of Apollo 12 astronaut and Skylab commander Alan Bean.
May 26, 2018 · Alan Bean, who became the fourth man to walk on the moon and turned to painting years later to tell the story of NASA’s Apollo missions as they began receding into history, died on Saturday at...
Jan 25, 2024 · Alan Bean was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, the second crewed lunar landing. Bean resigned from NASA in June 1981 to devote his full time to painting. Alan Bean was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963.
May 26, 2018 · Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86. Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969.
May 26, 2018 · HOUSTON, Texas — Apollo and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has died. Astronaut Alan L. Bean holds a Special Environmental Sample Container filled with lunar soil collected during an extravehicular activity.
May 26, 2018 · HOUSTON, Texas — Apollo and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has died. Bean, 86, died on Saturday, May 26, at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.
