Alan Lavern Bean
1932-
American astronaut who walked on the Moon and spent two months in space aboard the Skylab space station.
Bean served in supporting roles on three Gemini missions and one Apollo mission before becoming the fourth person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission in November 1969. In 1973, as commander of the second crew to work aboard Skylab, he over-saw scientific experiments and crucial repairs to the station.
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