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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Alan Bean, Astrophotography, Jon Lomberg, Alexey Leonov, Space Art, Astro Art, Astronomical Art, Chesley Bonestell, Rick Sternbach, Ron Miller, Sara Larkin, Sweden Solar System, William Kenneth Hartmann, Nine Views, Don Davis, Don Dixon, Joe Davis, Michael Carroll. Excerpt:Alan LaVern Bean Alan LaVern Bean (born March 15, 1932) is a former NASA astronaut and engineer , and became the fourth person to walk on the moon at the age of thirty-seven years in November 1969. Biography Bean was born in Wheeler in the northeastern Texas Panhandle . He is of Scottish descent. As a boy, he lived in Minden , the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana , where his father worked for the Soil Conservation Service. Bean graduated from R. L. Paschal High School in Fort Worth , Texas . He received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1955. At UT he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Omega Chi chapter). After a four year tour as a fighter pilot assigned to a jet attack squadron in Jacksonville, Fla. , he trained as a Navy Test Pilot where his instructor was his future Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad . He was awarded an honorary doctorate of science from Texas Wesleyan College in 1972, and was presented an honorary doctorate of engineering science degree from the University of Akron (Ohio) in 1974. NASA experience Apollo Bean was selected by NASA as part Astronaut Group 3 in 1963. He was selected to be the backup Command Pilot for Gemini 10 but was unsuccessful in securing an early Apollo flight assignment. He was placed in the Apollo Applications Program in the interim. When fellow astronaut Clifton Williams was killed in an air crash, a space was opened for Bean on the back-up crew for Apollo 9 . Apollo 12 Comman... ... Read more

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If astronomy and astrophotography fire your imagination, then this is the CD-ROM you've been waiting for. Includes: Astrophotography Guidebook-Examine theory, equipment and techniques from this comprehensive online book.Animations-Explore past,present and future of astronomy and astrophotography using over 40 minutes of original material.Photo Gallery-Over 600 images with Search & Data, learn by example!Slideshows-Galaxies,Alien worlds,CCD images, and more.Windows 3.1 or higher ... Read more