Alan Bean

Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018), (Capt, USN, Ret.), was an American former naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut.

Alan Bean
Born	Alan LaVern Bean (1932-03-15)March 15, 1932 Wheeler, Texas, U.S.
Died	May 26, 2018(2018-05-26) (aged 86) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	UT Austin, B.S. 1955
Occupation(s)	Naval aviator, test pilot
Space career
NASA Astronaut
Rank	Captain, USN
Time in space	69d 15h 45min
Selection	1963 NASA Group 3
Total EVAs	3
Total EVA time	10 hours 26 minutes[1]
Missions	Apollo 12, Skylab 3
Mission insignia
Retirement	June 1981

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 37, in November 1969.

Bean died at a hospital in Houston, Texas, on May 26, 2018, from a short illness, at the age of 86.^[2]