Astronaut Alan Bean stepped down onto the lunar surface during the 1969 Apollo 12 mission, but left NASA in 1981 to devote himself to painting. With exhibitions of his work taking place this year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing, he tells Nature how he attempts to convey his lunar experience.
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Interview by Daniel Cressey, a reporter for Nature.
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Cressey, D. Q&A: One giant leap for art. Nature 457, 31 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/457031a
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