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Full Name:	Alan LaVern Bean
Birthdate:	March 15, 1932 - Wheeler, Texas
Death:	May 26, 2018 - Houston, Texas
Education:	Bacher of Science in aeronautical engineering - University of Texas at Austin
Military Service:	Captain, United States Navy
Selection:	NASA Group 3 (1963)

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Apollo 12	Skylab 3
CSM Yankee Clipper LM Intrepid	-
November 14-24, 1969	July 28-September 25, 1973

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Alan Bean was an accomplished painter who often mixed lunar dust into his artwork.

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Alan Bean descends down the ladder of the lunar module during the Apollo 12 mission	Alan Bean holds a lunar sample container during the Apollo 12 mission	Alan Bean shaving onboard the Skylab space station during the Skylab 3 mission

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