Alan LaVern Bean 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.
1932 — 2018
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Apollo 12 ⓘ second crewed Moon landing
Skylab 3 ⓘ second crewed mission of the Skylab program
Pete Conrad (left), Dick Gordon, and Al Bean pose during a visit to North American Rockwell Space Division, Downey, California
Pete Conrad (left), Dick Gordon, U.S. Navy pararescueman Lt. (J.G.) Ernest Lee Jahncke, III, and Al Bean in the recovery raft. Jahncke is signalling the recovery helicopter
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Pete Conrad (left) and Al Bean in a LM simulator
Skylab 3 suiting up
Pete Conrad (front), Dick Gordon (middle), and Al Bean (rear) pose in front of a simulator