Bean, Alan, 1932-2018

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Alan Bean (b. March 15, 1932, Wheeler, TX-d. May 26, 2018, Houston, TX) is an American former naval officer and Naval Aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3.

He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon, at the age of thirty-seven years in November 1969. He made his second and final flight into space on the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, the second manned 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 that of his fellow Apollo program astronauts.

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referencedIn Skylab National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ASTRONAUTS RECEIVE SURVIVAL TRAINING National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Dorothy Sarnoff papers, 1920-1998, 1941-1984 (bulk) Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Skylab III Crew Arriving at San Diego National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-46-6787 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean removes dome from the ALSEP RTG National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-46-6785 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP RTG from the LM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Photographs of The Skylab Project, 1968 - 1973 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-46-6788 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP from the LM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn THE MEN OF APOLLO TWELVE ASTRONAUTS: CHARLES CONRAD, RICHARD GORDON AND ALAN BEAN National Archives at College Park
referencedIn SPECIAL #231: APOLLO TWELVE, ALAN BEAN National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-46-6786 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP from the LM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Photographic Negatives taken at the US Pavilion at Expo '70, 1970 - 1970 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Casani, John R., 1932-. Chandra X-ray Observatory Flight Readiness Review Collection, 1993-1999. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives
referencedIn Astronaut Geology Education Files, ca. 1962 - ca. 1975 National Archives at Riverside
referencedIn ALAN BEAN National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-49-7213 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean walks near Head Crater National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-46-6789 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP RTG fuel cask from the LM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn APOLLO TWELVE ASTRONAUTS INTERVIEW WITH ALAN BEAN, RICHARD GORDON AND CHARLES CONRAD National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ASTRONAUT JUNGLE SURVIVAL TRAINING National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-46-6783 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP from the LM National Archives at College Park
referencedIn APOLLO TWELVE SPECIAL #263: ALAN BEAN, LUNAR MODULE PILOT National Archives at College Park
referencedIn APOLLO TWELVE HIGHLITE #34: ASTRONAUT ALAN BEAN COMMENTS ON VIEW OF THE MOON National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Sarnoff, Dorothy. Dorothy Sarnoff papers, 1920-1998, 1941-1984 (bulk). Cornell University Library
referencedIn Photographic Prints Taken at the US Pavilion at Expo '70, 1/1970 - 9/1970 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn GEMINI 10 ASTRONAUTS JOHN YOUNG, ALAN BEAN, C.C. WILLIAMS AND MIKE COLLINS INTERVIEW WITH RHETT TURNER National Archives at College Park
referencedIn APOLLO 12 ASTRONAUTS/WHITE HOUSE GROUP National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-46-6790 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP RTG fuel element National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Skylab III Crew Arriving at San Diego National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1903 - 2006. Headquarters Astronaut Interviews. 1965 - 1971. Astronaut interviews National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1903 - 2006. Headquarters Astronaut Interviews. 1965 - 1971. Astronaut interview, Alan R. Bean National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-46-6792 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP RTG fuel element National Archives at College Park
referencedIn AS12-46-6791 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Alan Bean unloads ALSEP RTG fuel element National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Skylab III Crew Arriving at San Diego National Archives at College Park
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memberOf American astronautical society corporateBody
memberOf Apollo 12 (Spacecraft) corporateBody
associatedWith Casani, John R., 1932- person
associatedWith Conrad, Pete, 1930-1999 person
associatedWith Sarnoff, Dorothy. person
associatedWith Sarnoff, Dorothy. person
memberOf Skylab Program corporateBody
employeeOf United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration corporateBody
memberOf United States. Navy corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf University of Texas at Austin. corporateBody
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Texas TX US
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Astronauts
Naval officers
Painter
Test pilots
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Birth 1932-03-15

Birth 1932

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