posted 10-01-2019 12:14 PM               

Apollo 12 50th Anniversary Celebration

Wheeler, Texas
Saturday, November 16, 2019

Apollo 12 50th Anniversary Celebration. Guests: Leslie Bean, John Aaron, Jim Kelly, Jerry Bostick, Rick Houston, Weston Marshall and Amy Bean

• 7:15 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Registration for SCE to AUX 5K ($20) and Fun Run ($15). Race begins at 8:00 a.m. and 8:10 a.m. respectively with Amy Bean!! Finisher medals to all participants. Launch Site: Towne Square Inn, Birthplace of Captain Alan L. Bean, 400 South Main Street, Wheeler, TX 79096. Apollo XII Playlist to The Moon will be broadcast by The Legends Radio Station, 98.9 during the race. Tickets must be purchased by October 15, 2019 to be guaranteed a medal at the race. All other participants will receive their medal in the mail.

• 10:00 a.m. Rogue Theater, 406 S. Main St., Wheeler, TX 79096 – Introduction of VIPs, unveiling of Wheeler Historical Museum commemorative patch and challenge coin created by NASA KSC artist Tim Gagnon!!

• 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wheeler Historical Museum - Apollo XII 50th Anniversary Stamp Cancellation, Exhibits: Captain Alan L Bean - Aviator, Astronaut, Artist

• 11:00 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. and 1:00 - p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Rogue Theater Building, 406 South Main Street, Wheeler, TX 79096 Free Movie Showing of Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo

• 12:40 – 1:00 Informal Visitation with VIPs at The Rogue Theater Building, 406 South Main Street, Wheeler, TX 79096.

• 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Agrilife Center, 7939 US Hwy 83, Wheeler, TX 79096, Book Signing and Photo Opportunity with Rick Houston, author of GO, FLIGHT! The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992.

• 5:00 p.m. Agrilife Center, 7939 US Hwy 83, Wheeler, TX 79096, First Annual Spaghetti Supper Honoring Captain Alan L. Bean "First Man to Eat Spaghetti on The Moon" with Speaker Leslie Bean, Wife of Alan Bean. VIP Guests: Leslie Bean, Amy Bean, Artist Tim Gagnon, Author Rick Houston, EECOM John Aaron, FIDO Jerry Bostick, SSM Jim Kelly, and Weston Marshall.

• 8:00 p.m. Auction - Agrilife Center, 7939 US Hwy 83, Wheeler, TX 79096. Featuring Alan Bean print signed by Apollo 12 crew and other space themed items.

Attire: Casual attire for daytime activities and business casual attire for evening Spaghetti Supper. No Ties Allowed.

posted 11-16-2019 11:12 AM               

...unveiling of Wheeler Historical Museum commemorative patch created by NASA KSC artist Tim Gagnon!!

In this piece I wanted to depict him as though he might be the artist of this painting, a retrospective of his life. He's wearing his painter's apron stained with the paint from other works. I had fun recreating that as I wiped my brushes on his apron. The photograph this portrait is based on shows him holding three paint brushes. Here I have him holding two. You'll notice the third brush has been placed on the lunar surface.

Both patches and signed and numbered prints will be sold by the Wheeler Historical Museum, although they may not be on their website until Monday (Nov. 18).