Birth Name:

George Robert Carruthers

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Oct 01, 1939

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Age:

84

Zodiac Sign:

Libra

Astrology Data:

Sun

7°

Lib

37'

About George Robert Carruthers

George Robert Carruthers (October 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020) was an African American inventor, physicist, engineer and space scientist. Carruthers perfected a compact and very powerful ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA to use when it launched Apollo 16 in 1972. He designed it so astronauts could use it on the lunar surface, making all adjustments inside their bulky space suits. Upon instructions from Carruthers, they used the camera to record the Earth's outermost atmosphere, noting its variations, and also mapped portions of the far-ultraviolet sky recording stars and galaxies, and the gaseous media between them. In 1970, sending his instruments aboard Aerobee sounding rockets, he had demonstrated that molecular hydrogen exists in the interstellar medium. Among numerous citations and awards, in 2003, Carruthers was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame. He received an honorary doctorate for Engineering from Michigan Technological University, and in 2013 the 2012 National Medal for Technology and Invention from President Barack Obama.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for George Robert Carruthers: Sun 7 Libra, Moon 12 Taurus, Mercury 14 Libra, Venus 14 Libra, Mars 3 Aquarius, Jupiter 3 Aries, Saturn 29 Aries, Uranus 21 Taurus, Neptune 23 Virgo, Pluto 2 Leo, Sun Trine Mars, Sun Conjunct Venus, Sun Opposition Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mars Sextile Jupiter, Mars Square Saturn, Mars Opposition Pluto, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Saturn Square Pluto, Uranus Trine Neptune

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Photo attribution: NASA on The Commons, Lunar Surface Ultraviolet Camera