William Howard 'Bill' Pickering was a New Zealand-born rocket scientist who served as the head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California for 22 years. He was a pioneer in NASA's lunar research and space exploration. Pickering was a founding member of the United States National Academy of Engineering and retired in 1976. His contributions significantly advanced space science and technology.
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Bill Pickering belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: Wellington
Place of Death: La Cañada Flintridge
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Educated At: University of Canterbury | California Institute of Technology
Occupation: physicist | engineer
Employers: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Awards Received: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi | Theodore von Kármán Award | William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement | Magellanic Premium | NASA Distinguished Service Medal | Daniel Guggenheim Medal | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Order of New Zealand | Japan Prize | National Medal of Science | Edison Medal | IEEE Fellow
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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for December 24, 1910
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on December 24, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for December 24, 2025 |
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| Sun | 1 Capricorn 20 | 2 Capricorn 26 | 26 Aries 52 |
| Moon | 7 Libra 56 | 17 Aquarius 1 | 15 Sagittarius 32 |
| Mercury | 21 Capricorn 9 | 16 Sagittarius 41 | 15 Taurus 58 |
| Venus | 7 Capricorn 58 | 29 Sagittarius 10 | 0 Gemini 17 |
| Mars | 2 Sagittarius 27 | 6 Capricorn 36 | 26 Aquarius 2 |
| Jupiter | 8 Scorpio 2 | 22 Cancer 22 | 11 Scorpio 3 |
| Saturn | 0 Taurus 22 | 25 Pisces 39 | 8 Taurus 35 |
| Uranus | 23 Capricorn 54 | 28 Taurus 12 | 29 Capricorn 13 |
| Neptune | 20 Cancer 41 | 29 Pisces 25 | 18 Cancer 51 |
| Pluto | 26 Gemini 49 | 2 Aquarius 29 | 26 Gemini 9 |
| Rahu | 16 Taurus 51 | 12 Pisces 35 | 10 Taurus 46 |
| Ketu | 16 Scorpio 51 | 12 Virgo 35 | 10 Scorpio 46 |
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