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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 (born March 15, 1932, Wheeler, Texas, U.S.—died May 26, 2018, Houston, Texas) was an American astronaut and lunar module pilot on the Apollo 12 mission (November 14–22, 1969), during which two long walks totaling nearly eight hours were made on the Moon’s surface.
May 26, 2018 · Alan Bean walked on the moon on Apollo 12, commanded the second Skylab crew and then resigned after 18 years as an astronaut to paint the remarkable worlds and sights he had seen. Bean was lunar module pilot on the November 1969 Apollo 12 mission, the second moon landing.
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...
Jun 18, 2024 · Alan Bean was the fourth person to walk on the moon and the commander of the second Skylab crew. He resigned from NASA in 1981 to pursue his passion for painting and created artworks inspired by his space experiences.
May 26, 2018 · The fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished painter, Bean flew on Apollo 12 and Skylab missions. He collected lunar rocks and soil, deployed experiments, and created artistic records of humanity's first exploration of another world.
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.
