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Birth Name:

Bill Pickering (rocket scientist)

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Dec 24, 1910

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Age:

114

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

1°

Cap

20'

About Bill Pickering (rocket scientist)

William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE (24 December 1910 – 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand-born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space. Pickering was also a founding member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• IEEE Legacies

• Biography of William Pickering by The New Zealand Edge

• Faces of Leadership: the Directors of JPL

• William H. Pickering on NASA website

• New Zealand Spaceflight Association

• A biography by John Campbell

• RSNZ obituary (Archived 5 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine)

• Caltech obituary (Archived 15 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Bill Pickering (rocket scientist): Sun 1 Capricorn, Moon 7 Libra, Mercury 21 Capricorn, Venus 7 Capricorn, Mars 2 Sagittarius, Jupiter 8 Scorpio, Saturn 29 Aries, Uranus 23 Capricorn, Neptune 20 Cancer, Pluto 26 Gemini, Mercury Opposition Neptune, Mercury Conjunct Uranus, Sun Conjunct Venus, Sun Opposition Pluto, Sun Trine Saturn, Sun Semi Sextile Mars, Venus Sextile Jupiter, Mars Quincunx Saturn, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Uranus Opposition Neptune, Uranus Quincunx Pluto

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