Astronaut
Frederick W. Sturckow
Four shuttle flights, then a commercial spaceplane pilot.
Frederick Wilford "Rick" Sturckow is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions and six Virgin Galactic suborbital space flights, earning him record of being launched into space more than any other human, as of November 2025. He flew as a pilot on STS-88 and STS-105 and as a commander on STS-117 and STS-128. All four missions docked with the International Space Station, making Sturckow one of three American astronauts to visit the station four times. Sturckow later was assigned to the Johnson Space Center as a CAPCOM. He left NASA in 2013 to become a pilot for Virgin Galactic.
- Born
- 1961-08-11, La Mesa, USAA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1961-08-11, La Mesa, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 18°50′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 22°38′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 15°47′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 9°16′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 26°41′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 0°04′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 24°53′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Leo | 25°40′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 8°40′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 7°11′ | Direct |
Frederick W. Sturckow 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 Frederick W. Sturckow 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.