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Alan Bean
Born
Alan LaVern Bean
(1932-03-15)March 15, 1932
Wheeler, Texas, U.S.
Died
May 26, 2018(2018-05-26) (aged 86)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Resting place
Arlington National Cemetery
Education
University of Texas, Austin (BS)
Awards
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank
Captain, USN
Time in space
69d 15h 45m
Selection
NASA Group 3 (1963)
Total EVAs
3
Total EVA time
10h 12m[1][2]
Missions
Apollo 12
Skylab 3
Mission insignia
Retirement
June 1981
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.
Before becoming an astronaut, Bean graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from University of Texas at Austin in 1955 and re-joined the U.S. Navy—he served as an enlisted member for a year after his high school graduation. He received his naval aviator wings in 1956 and served as a fighter pilot. In 1960, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, flew as a test pilot and was The New Nine selection finalist in 1962.
He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to land on the Moon, at age 37 in November 1969. He made his second and final flight into space on the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, the second crewed mission to the Skylab space station. After retiring from the United States Navy in 1975 and NASA in 1981, he pursued his interest in painting, depicting various space-related scenes and documenting his own experiences in space as well as those of his fellow Apollo program astronauts. He was the last living crew member of Apollo 12.
Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter...
launched with Conrad as commander, Dick Gordon as Command Module Pilot, and AlanBean as Lunar Module Pilot. The launch was the most harrowing of the Apollo...
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the lunar surface. Designed after Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and AlanBean had difficulties lugging their equipment significant distances to and...
attempts involving former astronauts including Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, AlanBean, Eugene Cernan, and Edgar Mitchell (where Sibrel posed as filmmaker associated...
the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. In 2014, Hanks' short story "AlanBean Plus Four" was published in the October 27 issue of The New Yorker. Revolving...
The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the launch of NASA astronauts AlanBean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma in the Apollo command and service module...
listed on the monument are: William Anders Neil Armstrong Charles Bassett AlanBean Vance D. Brand Gerald P. Carr Eugene Cernan Roger B. Chaffee Walter Cunningham...
AlanBean Apollo 12 November 14, 1969 Ocean of Storms Pete Conrad Richard F. Gordon Jr. AlanBean Apollo 13 H March 1970 Fra Mauro highlands Alan Shepard...
death, AlanBean became Lunar Module Pilot for Conrad's mission, which ended up being Apollo 12, the second lunar landing. In his honor—on Bean's suggestion—the...
States. The show saw May interviewing Apollo moonwalkers Harrison Schmitt, AlanBean, and Charlie Duke, before himself experiencing weightlessness and G-forces...
Moon at 14:40 UTC November 19, 1969, by astronauts Charles Conrad and AlanBean, within the Oceanus Procellarum. In the selenographic coordinate system...
ladders of the six Apollo Lunar Modules, the silver astronaut pin left by AlanBean in honor of Clifton C. Williams whom he replaced, the Bible left by David...
with Apollo 13, one reason for their cessation according to astronaut AlanBean is the cost it imposes in government subsidies. President Richard Nixon...
also was able to interview astronauts AlanBean, Eugene Cernan and Edgar Mitchell about the Apollo project. Bean, for instance, states that the "all-up"...
Center, Florida. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity...
Starfighter to the edge of space. Fellow Group 3 astronaut and moonwalker AlanBean considered him well qualified for the job. Aldrin did not get along well...
Bench Crater SW (image bottom left) of the Apollo 12 lander (LRO, 2011) – shows footprints and hardware left by astronauts Pete Conrad and AlanBean....
Todd Episode: "Operation Hell on Earth" 1998 From the Earth to the Moon AlanBean Episode: "That's All There Is" 2001 Committed Bob the Dog 13 episodes...
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