Wheeler, Texas
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Wheeler is a city in and the county seat of Wheeler County, Texas, United States, located on the eastern border of the Texas Panhandle. The population was last reported at 1,487 in the 2020 census.
Wheeler welcome sign
Downtown Wheeler
Wheeler School
Home of the Wheeler Mustangs
Alan Bean
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Alan LaVern Bean was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut G
Wheeler, Texas
…the Wheeler Independent School District. One elementary school, one junior high school, and one high school (Wheeler High School) serve the district. Alan Bean, NASA astronaut, artist, and, as a member of Apollo 12 became the fourth man to walk on the Moon. Mindy Brashears, the former Under Secretary for Food…
Bean in 1969
Bean during suiting-up for Apollo 12 flight
Bean on the Moon during Apollo 12
Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon, and Alan Bean pose with their Apollo 12 Saturn V Moon rocket in the background on the pad at Cape Canaveral on October 29, 1969