Alan Bean NATIONALITY United States
Alan Bean OCCUPATION Test pilot
Alan Bean ALMA_MATER "UT Austin, B.S. 1955"
Alan Bean WAS_A_CREW_MEMBER_OF Apollo 12
Alan Bean BIRTH_PLACE Wheeler, Texas
Alan Bean WAS_SELECTED_BY_NASA 1963
Alan Bean was an American test pilot who was born in Wheeler, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1955. In 1963, he was hired by NASA to be part of their Apollo 12 crew.