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Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3 , and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon .
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The Apollo insurance covers are autographed postal covers signed by the astronaut crews prior to their mission. The primary motivation behind this action was the refusal of life insurance companies to provide coverage for the astronauts. Consequently, the astronauts devised a strategy involving the signing of hundreds of postal covers.
NASA Astronaut Group 3 (nicknamed "The Fourteen") was a group of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA for the Gemini and Apollo program. Their selection was announced in October 1963. Their selection was announced in October 1963.
Swigert became a specialist on the Apollo command module: he was one of the few astronauts who requested to be command module pilots. [11] Swigert was a member of Apollo 7's astronaut support crew, the first support crew for an Apollo mission; he served as Capsule communicator (CAPCOM) during the ascent phase of the flight. [13]
Skylab 3 (also SL-3 and SLM-2 [2]) was the second crewed mission to the first American space station, Skylab.The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the launch of NASA astronauts Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma in the Apollo command and service module on the Saturn IB rocket, and lasted 59 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes. [3]
Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher. Brooke Palmer/Prime Video In 2022, Ritchson was cast on Reacher, a remake of the 2012 Jack Reacher film starring Tom Cruise and based on Lee Child’s book series.
Tracy's Boulder, 1984, by Alan Bean. The patch of dirt on the north face of the boulder is the subject of a 1984 painting by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean.Bean took up a career as a professional artist after he left the Astronaut Corps and developed a considerable reputation as a space artist.