Alan_Bean | nationality | United_States Alan_Bean | occupation | Test_pilot Alan_Bean | almaMater | "UT Austin, B.S. 1955" Alan_Bean | mission | Apollo_12 Alan_Bean | birthPlace | Wheeler,_Texas Alan_Bean | selectedByNasa | 1963
Alan Bean was an American test pilot who was born in Wheeler, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1955. In 1963, he was hired by NASA to be part of their Apollo 12 crew.