Tuesday, May 29, 2018

TVXOHOF (MEMORIAL TRIBUTE) - ALAN BEAN



From the Associated Press:
Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86.

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon during two moonwalks, deploying surface experiments with Cmdr. Charles Conrad and collecting 75 pounds of rocks and lunar soil for study back on Earth, according to a statement from NASA and Bean's family that announced his death.

Bean died Saturday in Houston after a short illness, the statement said.
 


From Wikipedia:
Alan LaVern Bean (March 15, 1932 – May 26, 2018; CAPT, USN, Ret.) was an American former naval officer and Naval Aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut; he was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.  He made his first flight into space aboard Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon, at age 37 in November 1969. He made his second and final flight into space on the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, the second manned mission to the Skylab space station. After retiring from the United States Navy in 1975 and NASA in 1981, he pursued his interest in painting, depicting various space-related scenes and documenting his own experiences in space as well as that of his fellow Apollo program astronauts. He was the last living crew member of Apollo 12.  

Bean is being inducted into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame as an honorary member - he is a member of the League of Themselves and as a Multidimensional as seen on TV.

Here are his qualifications:

AS SEEN ON TV
'FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON' (1998)


In the 1998 HBO miniseries, Bean was portrayed by Dave Foley.



This could be relegated to an undetermined alternate TV dimension with so many recastaways in the mix.  But as a chronicle of Earth Prime's history, it does portray an important moment in the 20th Century.  It's just that there are no established fictional TV characters with whom we could claim the looks of these "televersions" were based on their perspectives.  So with no real anchor to Earth Prime-Time, it could occupy some other Toobworld.

LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES
"THE ADVENTURES OF MARY-KATE & ASHLEY: THE CASE OF THE U.S. SPACE CAMP MISSION"  (1996)
 

From the IMDb:
In this episode, the super sleuths are called in to help out the Space Program and Mission Control with the help of Alan Bean of Apollo XII, the 4th astronaut on the moon. Unless they solve the mystery of the unknown ticking sounds and the grounded U.S. Space Shuttle, the Shuttle cannot lift off as scheduled!

"ROCKET'S RED GLARE" (2000)

From the IMDb:
A troubled 17-year-old Todd Baker restores a Mercury Redstone rocket as a science project with the help of his ex-astronaut grandfather. When a NASA emergency leaves a space shuttle and its crew in danger, Todd's rocket is the only one ready for immediate launch.

Bean may be standing in front of one of his paintings

Good night and may God bless Alan Bean.....

1 comment:

J.R. Clark said...

He's a HELLUVA lot more entertaining than Orson Bean...