Alan Bean
The fourth person to walk on the Moon
Quick Facts
Alan Bean was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963.
Alan Bean was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, the second crewed lunar landing.
Bean resigned from NASA in June 1981 to devote his full time to painting.
Biography
Alan Bean
Alan Bean logged 1,671 hours and 45 minutes in space—of which 10 hours and 26 minutes were spent in EVAs on the moon and in earth orbit.
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Alan Bean
Alan Bean walked on the moon on Apollo 12, commanded the second Skylab crew and then resigned after 18 years as…
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Apollo 12
The primary mission objectives of the second crewed lunar landing included an extensive series of lunar exploration tasks by the lunar module, or LM, crew, as well as the deployment…
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Skylab 3
The second crew to inhabit Skylab, launched on July 28, 1973, spent a then record-breaking 59.5 days in space. The mission accomplished 150% of their mission goals while completing 858…
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