{"id":140822,"date":"2018-05-26T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-425021"},"modified":"2023-09-12T10:06:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T14:06:58","slug":"alan-bean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/former-astronauts\/alan-l-bean\/alan-bean\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Bean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-article-hero-header nasa-gb-align-full bg-carbon-90 width-full maxw-full color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-hero-header\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full minh-tablet grid-container minh-tablet flex-column padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex flex-direction-column\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"z-400 grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-7 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-2\">4 Min Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-41 line-height-md color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlan Bean\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=1500&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Portrait of Alan L. Bean taken in 1971\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 38% 22%; object-position: 38% 22%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=1500&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1500w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=234&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 234w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=768&h=983&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=800&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 800w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=1200&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=313&h=401&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 313w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=469&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 469w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=703&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 703w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s71-51300\/s71-51300~large.jpg?w=938&h=1201&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 938w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"padding-y-3 padding-x-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"hds-caption maxw-mobile desktop:padding-x-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0 color-carbon-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><figcaption>Portrait of astronaut Alan L. Bean in 1971<\/figcaption><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-credits color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Credits: <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>NASA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alan Bean walked on the moon on Apollo 12, commanded the second Skylab crew and then resigned after 18 years as an astronaut to paint the remarkable worlds and sights he had seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bean was lunar module pilot on the November 1969 <a href=\"https:\/\/history.nasa.gov\/afj\/ap12fj\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Apollo 12<\/a> mission, the second moon landing.  He and mission commander Pete Conrad explored on the lunar Ocean of Storms and set up several experiments powered by a small nuclear generator.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/alan-bean-apollo-12-lunar-module-pilot-skylab-commander\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"1302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bean_portrait.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Astronaut Alan Bean poses for a portrait in front of a mock-up of the Lunar Module.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 39% 14%; object-position: 39% 14%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bean_portrait.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bean_portrait.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bean_portrait.jpg?resize=768,961 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bean_portrait.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bean_portrait.jpg?resize=320,400 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bean_portrait.jpg?resize=480,600 480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bean_portrait.jpg?resize=720,900 720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bean_portrait.jpg?resize=959,1200 959w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Alan Bean was the lunar module pilot for Apollo 12.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs all great explorers are, Alan was a boundary pusher,\u201d NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement. \u201cRather than accepting the limits of technology, science, and even imagination, he sought to advance those lines \u2014 in all his life\u2019s endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-administrator-reflects-on-legacy-record-breaking-skylab-apollo-astronaut\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Administrator Bridenstine's full statement on the passing of Alan Bean\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Administrator Bridenstine's full statement on the passing of Alan Bean<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/family-release-regarding-the-passing-of-apollo-skylab-astronaut-alan-bean\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Bean family's statement\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Bean family's statement<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/statement-of-jsc-center-director-mark-geyer-on-the-passing-of-alan-bean\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"JSC Center Director Mark Geyer's statement\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">JSC Center Director Mark Geyer's statement<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview for NASA\u2019s 50th anniversary in 2008, Bean said walking on the moon was one of the most fun things he had done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt one-sixth gravity in that suit, you have to move in a different way,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the paintings that I did was called \u2018Tip Toeing on The Ocean of Storms.\u2019 And it shows that I\u2019m up on my tip toes as I\u2019m moving around. And we did that a lot. On Earth, I weighed 150 pounds; my suit and backpack weighed another 150. 300 pounds. Up there, I weighed only 50. So I could prance around on my toes. It was quite easy to do. And if you remember back to some of the television we saw, Buzz and Neil on the Moon with Apollo 11. Black and white. They were bouncing around a lot. They were really bouncing on their tip toes. Quite fun to do. Someday maybe be a great place for a vacation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Astronaut Alan Bean: Moonwalker, Skylab Commander, Artist\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZkTyEe7DfY?start=72&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NASA remembers Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the Moon in 1969, commanded the second Skylab crew in 1973 and went on in retirement to paint the remarkable worlds and sights he had seen like no other artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As spacecraft commander of the Skylab II mission II, from July 19 to Sept. 25, 1973, Bean and fellow crewmembers Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma accomplished half again as much as pre-mission goals. Their 59-day, 24.4-million-mile flight was a world record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Astronaut Alan Bean\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WBJiwGKUa2Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NASA X interviews Alan Bean, who turned to painting full-time after retiring from NASA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan L. Bean was born in Wheeler, Texas.  He graduated from Paschal High School in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1955, Bean was awarded an aeronautical engineering degree from the University of Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a Navy ROTC student there and was commissioned when he graduated.  After he finished flight training, he spent four years with a jet attack squadron and then attended Navy test pilot school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bean flew as a test pilot on several types of aircraft before he was selected with the third group of NASA astronauts in October 1963.  He served as a backup for crewmembers on Gemini 10 and Apollo 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After his Apollo and Skylab flights, Bean remained with NASA while many of his astronaut colleagues went elsewhere as the Apollo program wound down.  He served as a backup spacecraft commander for the last Apollo flight, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He retired from the Navy as a captain in October 1975 but continued to work with NASA as a civilian. He headed the Astronaut Office\u2019s Astronaut Candidate Operations and Training Group at Johnson Space Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=1287&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1287\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=1287&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=1287&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1287w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=201&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 201w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=768&h=1146&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=686&h=1023&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 686w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=1030&h=1537&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1030w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=268&h=400&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 268w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=402&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 402w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=603&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 603w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/sl3-107-1215\/sl3-107-1215~large.jpg?w=804&h=1199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1287px) 100vw, 1287px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">SL3-107-1215 (27 Aug. 1973) — Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab 3 commander, flies the M509 Astronaut Maneuvering Equipment in the forward dome area of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) on the space station cluster in Earth orbit.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bean logged 1,672 hours in space, including more than 10 hours of spacewalks on the moon and in Earth orbit. He flew 27 aircraft types and accumulated more than 7,145 hours of flight time, 4,890 hours of it in jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During his career he established 11 records in space and aeronautics, and received many awards and honors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those awards were two NASA distinguished service medals, two Navy Distinguished Service Medals, the Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award for Scientific and Technical Progress, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale\u2019s Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal, the V.M. Komarov diploma, the Robert H. Patuxent River Goddard Gold Medal, the AIAA Octave Chanute Award and the ASA Flight Achievement Award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His decision to retire from NASA to devote full time to painting was, he said, based on his 18 years as an astronaut, during which he visited places and saw things no artist\u2019s eye had ever seen firsthand.  He said he hoped to capture those experiences through his art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He followed that dream for many years at his home studio in Houston, with considerable success. His paintings were particularly popular among space enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-apollo-12-astronauts-return-from-bullseye-world-tour\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/apollo_12_bullseye_world_tour_map.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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