Astronaut Alan Bean Fourth Man to Walk on the Moon Dies at Age 86

Astronaut Alan Bean Fourth Man to Walk on the Moon Dies at Age 86

on Saturday, May 26, Apollo, Skylab Astronaut Alan Bean Dies at Age 86

He was Fourth Man to Walk on the Moon

He died ar at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.

His death followed his suddenly falling ill while on travel in Fort Wayne, Indiana two weeks before.

A test pilot in the U.S. Navy, Bean was one of 14 trainees selected by NASA for its third group of astronauts in October 1963.

He flew twice into space, first as the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, the second moon landing mission, in November 1969, and then as commander of the second crewed flight to the United States’ first space station, Skylab, in July 1973.

 

Readmore:GEICO Skytypers SNJ-2 small plane crash in Melville, Pilot dead

Check Also

Trump Tweets Intelligence Image of Iran rocket site and says US 'not involved' in failed launch

Trump Tweets Intelligence Image of Iran rocket site and says US ‘not involved’ in failed launch

U.S. President Donald Trump released an official and relatively high resolution annotated U.S. intelligence image …

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *