Engineer
Gene Kranz
NASA flight director for the Apollo 11 landing and the Apollo 13 rescue, in a waistcoat his wife made for each mission.
Eugene Francis Kranz is an American aerospace engineer who served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. He directed the successful efforts by the Mission Control team to save the crew of Apollo 13. He was known for his close-cut flattop hairstyle and the dapper waistcoats of different styles and materials made by his wife, Marta Kranz, for his Flight Director missions.
- Born
- 1933-08-17, Toledo, USAA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1933-08-17, Toledo, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 24°15′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 13°40′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 5°40′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 25°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 24°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 25°07′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 12°09′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 27°19′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 9°19′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 23°50′ | Direct |
Gene Kranz 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 Gene Kranz 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.