This photo of Alan Bean, taken by Pete Conrad during the Apollo 12 mission, shows Alan collecting some lunar soil to take back to Earth.
This partial view of Earth with Australia on the horizon was taken by the Apollo 12 crew.
This photo of Alan Bean driving a core sample tube into the lunar surface was taken during the Apollo 12 mission on November 20, 1969.
“AS I LOOKED OUT my small triangular-shaped forward window, I could see the sharply curved horizon.We indeedwere orbiting a body much smaller than the Earth. As I looked, the Earth, some 239,000 miles away now, appeared to rapidly rise. Australia was just coming into view. It was breathtaking.”
“I VIVIDLY REMEMBER standing near Halo Crater and hammering this core tube into the Moon. Later, back on Earth, we would " nd out that, although there was some change in grain size and color, the granular material remained remarkably consistent with depth.”
“WHEN I LOOK AT this painting now, I think it has some of the most beautiful color harmonies I’ve ever created.”
—Alan Bean
—Alan Bean
—Alan Bean
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