William Howard 'Bill' Pickering was a New Zealand-born rocket scientist who served as the head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California for 22 years. He was a pioneer in NASA's lunar research and space exploration. Pickering was a founding member of the United States National Academy of Engineering and retired in 1976. His contributions significantly advanced space science and technology.
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Bill Pickering belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Wellington
Place of Death: La Cañada Flintridge
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Educated At: University of Canterbury | California Institute of Technology
Occupation: physicist | engineer
Employers: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Awards Received: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi | Theodore von Kármán Award | William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement | Magellanic Premium | NASA Distinguished Service Medal | Daniel Guggenheim Medal | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Order of New Zealand | Japan Prize | National Medal of Science | Edison Medal | IEEE Fellow
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on December 24, 2024 | Secondary Progressions for December 24, 2024 |
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| Sun | 1 Capricorn 20 | 2 Capricorn 41 | 25 Aries 53 |
| Moon | 7 Libra 56 | 14 Libra 25 | 3 Sagittarius 42 |
| Mercury | 21 Capricorn 9 | 10 Sagittarius 46 | 15 Taurus 14 |
| Venus | 7 Capricorn 58 | 19 Aquarius 0 | 29 Taurus 5 |
| Mars | 2 Sagittarius 27 | 4 Leo 11 | 25 Aquarius 18 |
| Jupiter | 8 Scorpio 2 | 14 Gemini 7 | 11 Scorpio 10 |
| Saturn | 0 Taurus 22 | 13 Pisces 54 | 8 Taurus 28 |
| Uranus | 23 Capricorn 54 | 23 Taurus 52 | 29 Capricorn 12 |
| Neptune | 20 Cancer 41 | 27 Pisces 12 | 18 Cancer 50 |
| Pluto | 26 Gemini 49 | 0 Aquarius 49 | 26 Gemini 8 |
| Rahu | 16 Taurus 51 | 1 Aries 55 | 10 Taurus 49 |
| Ketu | 16 Scorpio 51 | 1 Libra 55 | 10 Scorpio 49 |
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