The Explorers' Club, № MLVIII

The Space Race—Astronaut Group 3 (the "Fourteen"), Part XI
Alan LaVern Bean (15 March 1932-26 May 2018), Captain, U.S. Navy—He flew Apollo 12 (Yankee Clipper & Intrepid, 1969) & commanded Skylab 3 (1973); he was the last member of Astronaut Group 3 to fly & the fourth of the twelve Moonwalkers; he was assigned to Apollo 12 after C.C. Williams died in a plane crash; he was a painter, the only artistic Moonwalker, & mixed Moon dust into his paints.

Commentary: I am steward of a copy of Captain Bean's book, with Andrew Chaikin, Apollo: An Eyewitness Account by an Astronaut/Explorer Artist/Moonwalker, which includes reproductions of many of his paintings, alas, without any Moon dust.

Bonus! Space Race Song o' the Day: The Fourteen—Al Bean
J.J. Heller, "Painted Red" from Painted Red (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)

The Wayback Machine Tour of Al Bean
"The Explorers' Club," № DCCXVII: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 12, Part I
"The Explorers' Club," № DCCXIX: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 12, Part II
"The Explorers' Club," № DCCXX: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 12, Part III
"The Explorers' Club," № CMLXVII: The 50th Anniversary of Skylab 3, Part I
"The Explorers' Club," № CMLXX: The 50th Anniversary of Skylab 3, Part II
"The Explorers' Club," № CMLXXIII: The 50th Anniversary of Skylab 3, Part III
"The Explorers' Club," № CMLXXXI: The 50th Anniversary of Skylab 3, Part IV

Commentary: The above picture is titled The Fantasy. It depicts Bean's fantasy of Apollo 12 C.M.P. Dick Gordon joining him & CDR Pete Conrad on the Moon. After Apollo 12, Conrad & Bean both transferred to the Skylab program, eventually commanding Skylabs 2 & 3. Gordon stayed in the Apollo program, hoping to walk on the Moon; he was slated to command Apollo 18, the last Moon landing to be cancelled by budget cuts.

Requiescat in pace.