This Hardcover Edition of Alan Bean's Painting Apollo: First Artist on Another World is autographed by Alan Bean.
Get your Alan Bean autographed book today!
Product Details
- Pages: 224 pages
- Publisher: Smithsonian Books
- Release Date: July 06, 2009
- ISBN-13: 9781588342645
- Edition: Autographed Hardcover Edition
About The Author
Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3.
Before becoming an astronaut, Bean graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and re-joined the U.S. Navy—he served as an enlisted member for a year after his high school graduation. In 1956 he received his naval aviator wings and served as a fighter pilot. In 1960 he graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, flew as a test pilot, and was The New Nine selection finalist in 1962.
He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to land on the Moon, at age 37 in November 1969. He made his second and final flight into space on the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, the second crewed mission to the Skylab space station. After retiring from the United States Navy in 1975 and NASA in 1981, he 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. He was the last living crew member of Apollo 12.
This Hardcover Edition of Alan Bean's Painting Apollo: First Artist on Another World is autographed by Alan Bean.
Get your Alan Bean autographed book today!
Product Details
- Pages: 224 pages
- Publisher: Smithsonian Books
- Release Date: July 06, 2009
- ISBN-13: 9781588342645
- Edition: Autographed Hardcover Edition
About The Author
Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3.
Before becoming an astronaut, Bean graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and re-joined the U.S. Navy—he served as an enlisted member for a year after his high school graduation. In 1956 he received his naval aviator wings and served as a fighter pilot. In 1960 he graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, flew as a test pilot, and was The New Nine selection finalist in 1962.
He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to land on the Moon, at age 37 in November 1969. He made his second and final flight into space on the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, the second crewed mission to the Skylab space station. After retiring from the United States Navy in 1975 and NASA in 1981, he 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. He was the last living crew member of Apollo 12.
