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Alan Bean |
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Yes as of 5/21/2012
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Available
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New Unframed Art |
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Limited Edition |
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150 |
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18w x 14h |
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$345.00
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'The scientists on earth were concerned that the lunar samples we would be collecting on the Apollo missions could be tainted by our spacesuit gloves as we picked them up and stored them. They devised a small metalEnvironmental Sample Container and asked us to put small rocks and dirt in it using only our shovel. This allowed us to insure we never contacted that sample with our gloves and that it remained stored in the lunar environment, in pristine condition, until we got home.
Pete had practiced placing dirt and small rocks in The Environmental Sample Container on Earth with the small shovel, while I held it steady. It was a quick and easy task.
Of course, once we were on the lunar surface, in the reduced gravity, the whole exercise got far more complicated, and fun. Pete had no problem picking up some loose dirt and rocks. As he swung the end of the shovel towards me all went well, as well. But as he slowed the shovel down to carefully place the sample in The Container, the dirt did not slow down. It just seemed to float out of the shovel and slowly fly all over the place, me included. It was fun to watch objects, including dirt, move so slowly in one sixth gravity, and we were laughing at the mishap.
Pete moved the shovel, with dirt and rocks, much more slowly on his next attempt and he deposited it in the sample container you see in my right glove. I then carefully put on the lid you see dangling below. It was lined with indium, a malleable and easily fusible metal, so when I screwed on the cap it made a perfect seal.
When the scientist back on earth compared these samples with the ones we collected with our gloves they, and we, were elated. There was no difference.
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| Artist Bio: BIOGRAPHY
"Twelve people have walked on the moon. Only one was an explorer artist, Alan
Bean—Apollo XII astronaut, commander of Skylab II and artist. Born in 1932 in
Wheeler, Texas and in 1950, Alan was selected for an NROTC scholarship at the
University of Texas at Austin. Alan was commissioned an ensign in the United
States Navy in 1955. Holder of eleven world records in space and astronautics,
Alan Bean has had a most distinguished peacetime career. His awards include
two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, the Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal and the
Robert J. Collier Trophy. As part of the Apollo XII crew, he became the fourth
of only twelve men ever to walk on the Moon. As the spacecraft commander of
Skylab Mission II, he set a world record: 24,400,000 miles traveled during the
59-day flight.
When he wasn’t flying, Bean always enjoyed painting as a hobby. Attending
night classes at St. Mary’s College in Maryland in 1962, Alan experimented
with landscapes. During training and between missions as a test pilot and
astronaut, he continued private art lessons. On space voyages, his artist’s
eye and talent enabled him to document impressions of the Moon and space to be
preserved later on canvas. A voracious student, Alan began to immerse himself
in polishing his talent with the same intensity he gave to his astronaut
training. Inspired by the impressionists and studying under contemporary
masters, he is a first-rate artist who is as comfortable rendering sharp
realism as he is with portraying subtle emotions through a faceless spacesuit—
but there's a bonus: As the only artist who has visited another world, Bean
paints with an authenticity and insight completely unique in the entire
history of art by creating a palette mirroring his artistic eye. His is a
personal portfolio of the golden era of space exploration as viewed by the
only artist who has BEEN there. His art reflects the attention to detail of
the aeronautical engineer, the respect for the unknown of the astronaut and
the unabashed appreciation of a skilled explorer artist.
The space program has seen unprecedented achievements and Bean realized that
most of those who participated actively in this adventure would be gone in
forty years. He knew that if any credible artistic impressions were to remain
for future generations, he must paint them now. “My decision to resign from
NASA in 1981 was based on the fact that I am fortunate enough to have seen
sights no other artist ever has,” Bean said, “and I hope to communicate these
experiences through art.” He is pursuing this dream at his home and studio in
Houston.
Bean’s book, Apollo: An Eyewitness Account, which chronicles his first-person
experience as an Apollo astronaut and explorer artist in words and paintings,
was received with critical and popular acclaim upon its publication in 1998.
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