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Alan Bean
(1932–2018) was an American naval officer, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer,
test pilot
, and
NASA
astronaut. During the
Apollo 12
mission, on 19–20 November 1969, he became the
fourth person to walk on the Moon
. This portrait photograph, taken by NASA two months before the mission, depicts Bean beside a mock-up of the
Apollo Lunar Module
, wearing his
space suit
without the helmet and gloves.
Photograph credit:
NASA
/
Johnson Space Center
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