Alan Bean
Alan Bean
Alan LaVern Bean,, 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. He 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth15 March 1932
CityWheeler, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Eventually there are going to be cities in space.
One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.
I found I have to stay painting.
I have the nicest life in the world.
It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.
But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not.
But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.
History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
I think everything depends on money.
I feel like everyone who goes to The University of Texas is blessed and lucky to be there because they're getting a chance to be as good as they can be.
I can remember walking on the moon.
The moon is very rugged.
I feel like there's too many paintings left unpainted that I just don't want to take the time away.
It's hard not to be excited when you're going to find a way to land on the moon.