Wreath Laying Ceremony for Alan Bean
A memorial wreath placed in the Apollo-Saturn V Center of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, honors former NASA astronaut Alan Bean. He was the fourth person to walk on the Moon as lunar module pilot on Apollo 12 in November 1969. He went on to command the 59-day Skylab 3 mission in 1973. In the background is a large mural of a painting by Bean who became an accomplished artist after leaving NASA. He died in Houston on May 26, 2018, at the age of 86.
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NASA ID
KSC-20180530-PH_JBS01_0055
Date Created
May 30, 2018
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Location
Saturn V Bldg.
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