Birth Name:

Franklin Chang Díaz

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, Apr 05, 1950

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

San José, San José, Costa Rica

Age:

74

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

15°

Ari

23'

About Franklin Chang Díaz

Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz (April 5, 1950) is a Costa Rican American mechanical engineer, physicist, and former NASA astronaut. He is the only founder and current CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of Cummins' board of directors. He became an American citizen in 1977. He is of Costa Rican Spanish (maternal side) and Chinese (paternal side) descent. He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, tying the record, as of 2018 for the most spaceflights (a record set by Jerry L. Ross). He was the third Latin American, but the first Latin American immigrant NASA Astronaut selected to go into space. Chang Díaz is a member of the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnología Dr. Franklin Chang Díaz (CeNAT)

• NASA Biography

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Franklin Chang Díaz: Sun 15 Aries, Moon 25 Scorpio, Mercury 24 Aries, Venus 29 Aquarius, Mars 26 Virgo, Jupiter 28 Aquarius, Saturn 13 Virgo, Uranus 1 Cancer, Neptune 16 Libra, Pluto 15 Leo, Sun Opposition Neptune, Sun Trine Pluto, Sun Quincunx Saturn, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Semi Square Jupiter, Mercury Quincunx Mars, Mercury Sextile Jupiter, Venus Quincunx Mars, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Trine Uranus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Mars Quincunx Jupiter, Mars Square Uranus, Jupiter Trine Uranus, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Uranus Semi Square Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Franklin Chang Díaz: 1950 births, Living people, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, April 5 births, 21st-century American physicists, American astronauts, 21st-century American engineers, Costa Rican astronauts, Costa Rican scientists, Costa Rican emigrants to the United States, Costa Rican people of Chinese descent, Costa Rican people of Spanish descent, University of Connecticut alumni, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees, NASA civilian astronauts, Chinese-American aviators, Space Shuttle program astronauts

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