Alan LaVern "Al" Bean (born March 15, 1932), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is an American former naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot and NASA astronaut; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon. Bean was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3. He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon, at the age of thirty-seven years in November 1969. He made his second and final flight into space on the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, the second manned mission to the Skylab space station. After retiring from the United States Navy in 1975 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 that of his fellow Apollo Program astronauts.
Flew two Apollo era flights. On Apollo 12, he, Charles Conrad (aka Pete) and Richard Gordon conducted the second trip to the moon bringing back lunar rocks and pieces of the Surveyor 3 probe. On Skylab 2, he flew with Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott and set a duration record of 59 days in space.
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Moonwalker. Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 12, November 1969.
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Astronaut.
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Holds an Aeronautics Engineering degree from the University of Texas. His wife, Leslie, is an employee at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, TX.
Miscellaneous
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Year
Status
Character
Atrapa la bandera
2015
technical supervisor
The Wonder of It All
2007
Documentary archive stills
Actor
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Year
Status
Character
Carrier
2006
Capt. Alan Bean
Writer
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Year
Status
Character
Alan Bean: Artist, Explorer, Moonwalker
2002
Short
Thanks
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Year
Status
Character
American Drug War: The Last White Hope
2007
Documentary very special thanks
Self
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Year
Status
Character
NASA's Unexplained Files
2014-2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - Apollo 12 Astronaut / Himself - Apollo Astronaut
The Last Man on the Moon
2014
Documentary
Lunarcy!
2012
Documentary
Himself
Moonbug
2010
Documentary
The Colbert Report
2010
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Apollo Years
2009
Video
Himself
Apollo Zero
2009
Documentary
Himself - Apollo 12 LMP, Skylab 3 CDR
James May on the Moon
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
2008
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Apollo 12
Secrets of the Moon Landings
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2007
TV Series
Himself
The Wonder of It All
2007
Documentary
Himself
In the Shadow of the Moon
2007
Documentary
Himself
Special Session
2005
TV Series
Himself
Failure Is Not an Option
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Astronaut
Rocket Science
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
Alan Bean: Artist, Explorer, Moonwalker
2002
Short
Himself
Rocket's Red Glare
2000
TV Movie
Himself
The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the U.S. Space Camp Mission
1996
Video short
Himself
CBS This Morning
1994
TV Series
Himself
The Other Side of the Moon
1990
Documentary
Himself
For All Mankind
1989
Documentary
Narrator - Apollo 12 (voice, as Alan L. Bean)
Archive Footage
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Year
Status
Character
Flat Earth Proof
2015
TV Series
Himself
The Flat Earth Conspiracy
2014
Video documentary
Himself - Apollo 12
What Happened on the Moon? - An Investigation Into Apollo