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NOVASPACE is the world's largest source for prints by Artist/Astronaut/Moonwalker Alan Bean. As such we are able to offer low edition numbers, fast service, personalizations, and artist's proofs to our customers. We are also Alan's exclusive gallery for originals, sketches and studies.


Alan Bean Limited Edition Prints


"You feel this way when you're finally on the Moon! It's the culmination of all you've studied and worked for since you were a little kid. You didn't know it then, but all the little things you were absorbing from parents, friends, and teachers formed the foundation for the dreams you would master later on.
John Young Leaps Into History 		Last summer the world celebrated the 40th Anniversary of man's first walk on the moon. Apollo Astronaut Alan Bean is the subject of a one-man show at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum featuring forty of Bean's original drawings and paintings from July 16, 2009 until January 13, 2010.
Distant Celebration
Artist Proofs Available 		This special 22" wide x 16 1/2" high paper giclee edition is set to 244 signed and numbered to commemorate the number of Apollo 12's mission hours: 244. . Alan's print editions often sell out before the release date (lately, less than a day after announcement.) Reserve your print today! Less than a third of the edition remains.
Is Anyone Out There?
Artist Proofs Available 		"After a good night's rest and donning our space suits, Pete Conrad and I checked all systems in the lunar module. Precise burns with our descent engine followed. The final maneuver was a powered descent from our orbital speed of 6,000 miles an hour to zero at touchdown on the Ocean of Storms. All critical systems had worked as predicted. We were on the Moon.
Lunar Hi-Five
One of our favorites, because of the movement and tone expressed, Apollo 17's Gene Cernan hands back a sample bag to geologist Jack Schmitt while rushing to check out a new discovery. Co-signed by moonwalkers Cernan and Schmitt.
Right Stuff Field Geologists
 		Hello Universe is a different artistic direction for Alan Bean. A riot of color and texture, this is a large inspirational piece that conveys the joy of exploration. Bean's impressionistic roots are evident in dabs and slashes of color, all merging to chart another classic self-portrait of the emotion of the artist-explorer. Co-signed by Edgar Mitchell and Gene Cernan
Hello Universe
 		"I have painted Pete Conrad and myself 239,000 miles from Earth during the Apollo XII mission standing on the Ocean of Storms, looking homeward. Pete and I had come a long way together. He is the best astronaut I have ever known. As we looked up, the sky was a deep, shiny black. As I touched Pete's shoulder, I thought "Can all the people that we know or have seen or have heard of be up on that tiny blue marble?' It was a wondrous moment".Co-signed by the late Charles "Pete" Conrad
Heavenly Reflections 		This 1993 print expressed Bean's longtime desire for command module pilot Dick Gordon to somehow enjoy the fun on the Moon with himself and Pete Conrad. Here Bean playfully adorns Gordon's helmet with bunny ears, while Gordon wonders, "How did I get here?"
The Fantasy
A fund-raiser signed by 24 pioneer astronauts from Mercury through Apollo-Soyuz at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997. Four are deceased now. Opportunity for adding others like John Young and Gene Cernan possible. Amazing medium-looks like the original!
Reaching for the Stars 		Lunar Module Eagle has just made the first lunar liftoff. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are ascending from Tranquility Base to transfer themselves and their treasure of moon rocks to the command module and head for home.
The Eagle is Headed Home 		This is one of my favorite images of any astronaut, mostly because I felt like this so many times on the Moon. I don't have time, though, to stop and put my hands on my hips and just be 'King of the Moon.'
Feelin' Fine
Artist Proofs Available 		Alan has painted Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott at "the pinnacle of his astronaut career," surrounded by spectacular mountains at Hadley-Apennine. Apollo 15 was the start of serious lunar exploration, with astronauts trained in geology, a lunar rover, rechargeable backpacks, and a scenic, geologically rich area to explore. Scott was reminded of the philosopher Plutarch, who said "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted."
A Fire to Be Lighted 		"An American Success Story shows Astronaut John Young in April of 1972 as he stood proudly on the moon," says artist Alan Bean, "but for a while, it didn't look like he and Charlie Duke would even land. Orbiting the moon in their lunar module preparing for descent, a call came reporting an oscillation in the backup steering system. They knew that this might force them to return to earth as soon as possible. If the systems failed, the Apollo 16 and her crew would orbit the moon forever.
American Success Story
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...To Walk on the Moon" One of Alan's early prints done by The Greenwich Workshop in the mid 80s, this sold out in 1998.
That's How it Felt
to Walk on the Moon 		"Too Beautiful to Have Happened By Accident", Alan Bean's very first print. We haven't seen one of these in years, though we sold most of them, they sold out over 14 years ago. They don't even come up for resale. This was published in the early 1980s by Meredith Long Gallery in Houston. The idea comes from Gene Cernan's remark.
Too Beautiful to Have
Happened by Accident 		This Alan Bean print recreates Galileo's famous experiment from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Galileo postulated that gravity acts upon all objects with the same force, whether they are light or heavy. On Earth, the air would slow the feather's fall, but Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott had no such limitation on the airless moon. Both his lunar hammer and falcon feather (the LM was nicknamed Falcon) landed on the lunar surface at the same time, doing Galileo proud. 20x29 image, 26x34 framed.
Hammer and Feather 		Destined to be the most famous autographed print of all time, this 25th Anniversary print (1994) sold out long before release. It is co-signed by 20 of the (then) 24 living Apollo astronauts, at least one from each mission, a remarkable feat by the publisher, Greenwich Workshop.
In the Beginning 		An Alan Bean print without an astronaut in the picture! In this quiet view, Apollo 8 circles the moon on Christmas, 1968 on it's journey back to Earth. This is signed by the artist, it was a short edition, and sold out.
Homeward Bound
Straightening our Stripes
"Apollo 17 Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt are doing some "low-tech" body work on their high-tech Lunar Rover. During their first moonwalk Gene accidentally hooked the hammer he carried in his right leg pocket onto the Rover's right rear fender extension, knocking it off. He fixed it temporarily by taping it on with duct tape. Unfortunately, somewhere on their lunar drive the tape gave way and the fender extension fell off and was lost for good.
Fender Lovin' Care 		This was Alan's first print published by the Greenwich Workshop. Capturing a moment of precision teamwork, Bean recalls securing core samples, a two-man operation between moonmate Pete Conrad and himself. Bean remarked "We were like a dance team". This was one of Bean's first works as a professional, and one of the few paintings he keeps hanging on his studio wall.
Helping Hands 		This 1992 print broke new ground both artistically and commercially. Recalling one of the highlights of the Apollo era, Alan Shepard's famous Apollo 14 lunar golf shot. Seen from the viewpoint of the ball, which traveled "Miles and miles and miles" This was the first Alan Bean print to be co-signed by the crew of the mission shown: Alan Shepard, Ed Mitchell and the late Stuart Roosa, ONE-FOURTH of the men who walked on the Moon. Roosa and Shepard are now deceased.
In Flight 		"As I looked out the small triangular window of the lunar module, I could see the sharply curved horizon. We were indeed orbiting a body much smaller than the earth. As I looked, the earth, some 239,000 miles away, appeared to rapidly rise. Australia was just coming into view. It was breathtaking. After returning to earth, I needed to paint my experience. But what would be a suitable title? I thought of my favorite painting by Winslow Homer, depicting three fishermen in a small boat. In the distance was a faint full moon just being touched by the earth's horizon. Homer's title was Kissing the Moon. Seeing our shiny blue and white planet rise above the moon is a wonderful memory I think of often now." -- Alan Bean, from the book Apollo: An Eyewitness Account
Kissing the Earth 		Another ground-breaking print from the Greenwich Workshop. Done in cooperation with MCA/Universal Pictures, the print is co-signed by the surviving crew of Apollo 13, James Lovell and Fred Haise, and by double Oscar winner Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Director Ron Howard and of course, Artist Alan Bean.
Houston, We Have a Problem
"The planet Earth seemed a long way off in this scene," says Alan Bean, "because it was--about a quarter of a million miles, in fact. From the Moon, the Earth appeared as a beautiful blue-and-white marble with occasional small orange areas, which were deserts."
Mother Earth 		An excellent companion to Mother Earth
A Most Beautiful Moon
Artist Proofs Available 		Alan has painted Neil Armstrong's first step on another world. Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first moonlanding in 1969. This giclee on canvas is part of Alan's "Small Works" series, a 12"x15" stretched canvas. Edition was only 175. Individually signed and numbered.
A Giant Leap
Artist Proofs Available 		A 40th anniversary special edition. Although one of his first paintings as a professional artist (1983) this work has outstanding detail, realism and dramatic lighting. Inside the Moon lander are two of the nation's finest, Neil Armstrong, who cheated death twice while at NASA with his uncommon cool, and Buzz Aldrin, the Korean war hero who could work out complex, critical rendezvous coordinates in his head if the computer went out.
Armstrong, Aldrin
and an American Eagle 		"Jim Irwin, Colonel, United States Air Force, had a brilliant but challenging career. His is a story of difficult challenges met, and with hard work and perseverance, overcome. After battling illness and severe injuries for ten years, Jim Irwin found himself standing on the Moon.
Jim Irwin
Indomitable Astronaut
 		The space program truly represents what is great with America. When I was an astronaut I felt each day that I had accepted a responsibility to do the right thing professionally in everything that I did. I was not alone in this as I saw this "right stuff" code everywhere. It was a good feeling to know that all those around me were dedicated to making our nation's space exploration effort as good as it could possibly be. This red, white and blue feeling and theme carried over into everything we did.
Red, White and Blue

Signed Alan Bean Books

This is a complete portfolio and history of Alan's works 1981-1998. There are fascinating insights and anecdotes behind the paintings, as well as personal stories from the unique perspective of the only artist to visit another world.
Apollo : An Eyewitness Account 		This is a lavishly illustrated, insightful, and highly readable presentation of the Apollo missions. Aimed at the Middle School age group. Grades 5-8. Ages 9-12, but it appeals to ALL ages.
Mission Control: This is Apollo 		This is Alan's new coffee-table art book, published by Smithsonian Books. 107 paintings. As the first artist on another world, Bean gladly accepts the unique responsibility to capture colorful moments of man's greatest adventure.
Painting Apollo

Alan Bean Posters

Published in conjunction with Alan Bean's one-man retrospective at the National Air & Space Museum and the Book of the same name.
Painting Apollo Show Poster 		Published in conjunction with "In the Beginning" the now-famous 20-autograph print, Just the Beginning is a fictional shot of Neil Armstrong on the Moon with the flag as the backdrop (Only one dark photo of Neil Armstrong was ever taken on the moon-- and only a few fuzzy video frames). This image is also a huge mural at Space Center Houston.
Just the Beginning 		This poster has been out of print nearly 20 years. Alan has a small cache of them. Done in his early "Helping Hands" realistic style, it has an elegance not seen in later efforts. This was his first poster in the 1980s.
America's Team

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