Astronaut
Franklin Chang-Díaz
Seven flights, a record he shares, and the first Latin American NASA astronaut.
Franklin Ramon Chang-Díaz is a Costa Rican mechanical engineer, physicist, and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of the Cummins' board of directors. He became a U. S. citizen in 1977.
- Born
- 1950-04-05, San José, Costa RicaA Wednesday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- Costa Rica
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1950-04-05, San José, Costa Rica · time unknown, noon chart
America/Costa_Ricathe zone used then
America/Costa_RicaThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 15°22′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 25°54′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 24°33′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 29°10′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 26°58′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 28°09′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 13°52′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 1°15′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 16°00′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 15°53′ | Retrograde |
Franklin Chang-Díaz is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Franklin Chang-Díaz 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.