The National Air and Space Society's program of lectures and special events:

Vice Adm. Donald D. Engen Flight Jacket Night
Alan Bean, American artist and Apollo 12 astronaut
National Mall Building
November 13, 2009

Alan Bean will be the featured speaker for this year's event. The exhibit, Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist On Another World will be at the Museum on the National Mall July 16, 2009 through January 13, 2010 in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary of the first Apollo Moon landings. The exhibition will be the largest exhibition of Bean’s work to date with approximately 40 original paintings and drawings. It will enable viewers to experience a world 238,000 miles away through the eyes of the only artist to walk on the lunar surface.