Alan Bean

Alan Bean was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter, born on 15 March 1932 and died on 26 May 2018. NASA selected him in 1963, in Astronaut Group 3. He made his first flight into space on Apollo 12 in November 1969, the second crewed mission to land on the Moon, and he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. In 1973 he commanded the second crewed mission to the Skylab station, Skylab 3. Wikidata records 69 days and 15 hours in space. After NASA he continued to work as a painter.

Born: 15 March 1932
Died: 26 May 2018
Country: United States
Flights: 3: Apollo 12 (1969), Skylab (1973), Skylab 3 (1973)
Time in space: 69 days 15 hours

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

Events

Skylab
- Apollo spacecraft, Saturn V
Skylab was a Saturn V third stage turned into a house. Sixty-three seconds after liftoff the thin shield that was meant to protect it from meteoroids and sunlight tore away, taking one of its two solar arrays with it.
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