Alan Bean
Remembering Alan Bean, Apollo Moon Walker and Artist, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
“Apollo and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has died. Bean, 86, died on Saturday, May 26, at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. His death followed his suddenly falling ill while on travel in Fort Wayne, Indiana two weeks before.”
NASA Administrator Reflects on Legacy Record-Breaking Skylab, Apollo Astronaut
“After logging 1,671 hours and 45 minutes in space, Alan passed the baton to the next generation of astronauts and changed fronts, looking to push the boundaries of his own imagination and ability as an artist. Even in this endeavor, his passion for space exploration dominated, as depicted most powerfully is his work ‘Hello Universe.’ We will remember him fondly as the great explorer who reached out to embrace the universe.”
Aw…crap. I have no doubt he had Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon waiting for him to arrive.
If they could have somehow managed it, those three would have made Bean’s painting a reality: http://www.alanbean.com/ima…
My condolences to all his family and friends. We lost another hero.
The “Quiet One ” of the Astronaut Office…his Deeds spoke for him.
Farewell, Captain Bean. May copious spaghetti & meatballs await you in the great beyond.
Deepest sympathies to his family and close friends.
I had the opportunity to meet him at a reception and bring two of my teen-aged children with me, the older an artist-in-training herself. I’ve only read of his technical abilities in books (the SEC to AUX story in Murray & Cox is amazing), but I can report with due diligence that they don’t come much nicer than he was.
His recounting of the incident in the office following Neil Armstrong’s ejection from the LLTV is a gem.
The strongest impression he made on me, besides his kindness, was when he described how—after having been to the Moon—he never again complained about such things as rain, traffic, too-loud conversation, etc. Deep wisdom, there.
What a life.
Fair winds and following seas Captain. You served your country well.