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Alan Bean
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.
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culture · American astronaut and lunar explorer (1932–2018) · military officer · test pilot · astronaut · painter · aircraft pilot · military flight engineer · also Alan Bean, Alan LaVern Bean, Bean
Born 15 March 1932 · Died 26 May 2018 · Q310924
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2018· 1 entry
Died 2018-05-26.
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (2010).
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2001· 1 entry
Writing from the perspective of Bean during Apollo 12
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1997· 1 entry
The International Air & Space Hall of Fame in 2010, and the National Aviation Hall of Fame for 2010
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1983).
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1975· 2 entries
And NASA in 1981, Bean pursued his interest in painting, depicting various space-related scenes and documenting his own experiences in space as well as those of his fellow Apollo program astronauts
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President Ford presented Skylab commander Gerald Carr with the Dr
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1973· 2 entries
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1973).
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The second crewed mission to the Skylab space station
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1972· 1 entry
And was presented an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering Science degree from the University of Akron (Ohio) in 1974
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1970· 2 entries
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1970).
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And the Distinguished Engineering Graduate Award
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1963· 2 entries
(after not being selected for Astronaut Group 2 the previous year)
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As part of Astronaut Group 3, and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon
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1955· 1 entry
Where he attended on a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship
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1932· 1 entry
Born 1932-03-15.
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