Franklin Chang-Díaz is a Costa Rican-American astronaut who has the record for the most spaceflights, totaling seven, alongside astronaut Jerry L. Ross. After leaving NASA in 2005, he founded a private company called Ad Astra, which focuses on the development of advanced plasma rocket propulsion technology. Years of research resulted in the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), a powerful electric propulsion device that theoretically could transport a crewed spacecraft to Mars in just 39 days.
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Your next birthday is 133 days away.
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Time Zone - America/Costa_Rica (6:0 W)
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Meaning of the name - Franklin
free man, free landowner
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Franklin Chang-Díaz belongs to the Baby Boomers group.
Place of Birth: San José
Educated At: Hartford Public High School | University of Connecticut | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation: physicist | engineer | astronaut
Employers: Rice University | National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Awards Received: NASA Space Flight Medal | NASA Distinguished Service Medal | NASA Exceptional Service Medal | Great Immigrants Award | United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Astrology Analysis
Ephemeris for April 5, 1950
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on April 5, 2024 | Secondary Progressions for April 5, 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 15 Aries 23 | 16 Aries 26 | 26 Gemini 54 |
| Moon | 25 Scorpio 50 | 4 Pisces 16 | 2 Leo 25 |
| Mercury | 24 Aries 34 | 26 Aries 24 | 5 Gemini 27 |
| Venus | 29 Aquarius 10 | 0 Aries 43 | 19 Taurus 49 |
| Mars | 26 Virgo 57 | 10 Pisces 42 | 2 Libra 39 |
| Jupiter | 28 Aquarius 4 | 18 Taurus 22 | 7 Pisces 13 |
| Saturn | 14 Virgo 26 | 14 Pisces 4 | 14 Virgo 5 |
| Uranus | 1 Cancer 17 | 21 Taurus 2 | 4 Cancer 42 |
| Neptune | 16 Libra 0 | 28 Pisces 5 | 14 Libra 35 |
| Pluto | 15 Leo 52 | 1 Aquarius 55 | 16 Leo 21 |
| Rahu | 7 Aries 5 | 15 Aries 48 | 3 Aries 10 |
| Ketu | 7 Libra 5 | 15 Libra 48 | 3 Libra 10 |
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Astrology Transits Analysis for Year 2024
Note: Multiple transits occurring in close proximity often signify a major event in a person's life.Franklin Chang-Díaz's 2024 Transits to Natal Planets
- Mars conjunction Venus
Exact: 21 March, 2024 - Mars conjunction Jupiter
Exact: 21 March, 2024 - Jupiter trine Saturn
Exact: 21 March, 2024 - Mars aspects Ketu
Exact: 31 March, 2024 - Rahu conjunction Sun
Exact: 31 March, 2024 - Mars opposition Saturn
Exact: 10 April, 2024 - Saturn opposition Saturn
Exact: 10 April, 2024 - Mars conjunction Rahu
Exact: 10 May, 2024 - Mars opposition Ketu
Exact: 10 May, 2024 - Jupiter opposition Moon
Exact: 10 May, 2024 - Mars conjunction Sun
Exact: 20 May, 2024 - Jupiter trine Ketu
Exact: 29 June, 2024 - Rahu conjunction Rahu
Exact: 07 September, 2024 - Ketu conjunction Ketu
Exact: 07 September, 2024 - Mars square Ketu
Exact: 17 September, 2024 - Saturn opposition Saturn
Exact: 17 September, 2024
