Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean Dies

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HOUSTON -- Apollo 12 lunar module pilot and Skylab 2 mission commander Alan L. Bean died May 26 at Houston Methodist Hospital at the Texas Medical Center. The former U.S. Navy test pilot and artist noted for his vivid depictions of early human spaceflight was 86. Bean had been hospitalized following...

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