NASA remembers Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the Moon in 1969, commanded the second Skylab crew in 1973 and went on in retirement to paint the remarkable worlds and sights he had seen like no other artist.

Learn more about his life at https://www.nasa.gov/feature/alan-bean

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Written by Cesar Moya