Alan Bean
American naval officer and aviator
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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... Wikipedia
Born: March 15, 1932, Wheeler, TX
Died: May 26, 2018 (age 86 years), Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Space missions: Apollo 12 and Skylab 3
Education: The University of Texas at Austin (1955), St. Mary's College of Maryland, R.L. Paschal High School, and more
Spouse: Sue Ragsdale (m. 1955–1976) and Leslie Bean (m. ?–2018)
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