Engineer
Charles Stark Draper
Inertial guidance, which flew Apollo to the Moon without radio.
Charles Stark "Doc" Draper was an American scientist and engineer, known as the "father of inertial navigation". He was the founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Instrumentation Laboratory, which was later spun out of MIT to become the non-profit Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.
- Born
- 1901-10-02, Windsor, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 1987-07-25, Cambridge, USAA Saturday, aged 85
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1901-10-02, Windsor, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 8°49′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 11°10′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 2°02′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 18°09′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 21°40′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 4°53′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 10°03′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 13°35′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 1°29′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 18°39′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1987-07-25, Cambridge, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 2°11′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 0°05′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 12°19′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 24°19′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 12°05′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 28°42′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 15°00′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 23°17′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 5°55′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 7°09′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Charles Stark Draper was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.