Editing Alan Bean (section)

====Skylab====
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[[File:Skylab 3 Bean shaving.jpg|thumb|left|Bean shaving during the Skylab 3 mission]]
Bean was the spacecraft commander of [[Skylab 3]], the second crewed mission to [[Skylab]], from July 29 to September 25, 1973. With him on the mission were scientist-astronaut [[Owen K. Garriott|Owen Garriott]] and [[Marines|Marine Corps]] [[Jack R. Lousma|Colonel Jack R. Lousma]]. Bean and his crew were on Skylab for 59 days, during which time they covered a world-record-setting 24.4 million miles.<ref name="nasa-bio" /> During the mission, Bean tested a prototype of the [[Manned Maneuvering Unit]] and performed one spacewalk outside the Skylab. The crew of Skylab 3 accomplished 150% of its mission goals.<ref name="nasa-bio"/>