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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 .
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...
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.
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Jun 18, 2024 · Alan Bean was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in 1963 and the fourth person to walk on the moon in 1969. He also commanded the second Skylab crew and resigned from NASA in 1981 to pursue painting.
Jun 11, 2018 · Alan Bean was the fourth human to walk on the Moon and the only one to paint what he saw. He mixed Moon dust into his acrylics and captured the emotions and challenges of space exploration.
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May 26, 2018 · Alan Bean was a NASA astronaut who walked on the moon in 1969 and commanded the second Skylab crew in 1973. He retired from NASA to pursue his passion for painting the worlds and sights he had seen in space.
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.
