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 DATE_OF_RETIREMENT "June 1981"
Alan Bean WAS_SELECTED_BY_NASA 1963
Alan Bean is an American born in Wheeler, Texas. He graduated with a BS from UT Austin in 1955 and became a test pilot before being selected by NASA in 1963 to serve as crew on Apollo 12. He retired in June 1981.