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Fourth Moonwalker Alan Bean Dies

posted by chromas on Sunday May 27 2018, @08:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the :( dept.

takyon writes:

Alan Bean, the 4th person to walk on the moon, dies at 86

Alan Bean, the fourth person to walk on the moon and the last surviving member of the Apollo 12 mission, died Saturday in Houston, according to his family and NASA. He was 86.

[...] His first mission to space was in November 1969 as a member of the Apollo 12 crew, the second to land on the moon, it said. He became the fourth man -- and one of only 12 in history -- to walk on the moon.

Bean also commanded the second crewed flight to the first US space station Skylab in July 1973.

Alan Bean.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 28 2018, @01:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 28 2018, @01:12PM (#685113)

    Wait, Mr. Bean was on the moon?

    I think I now understand why nobody wanted to return to there …