Clayton C. Anderson's Birth Card: The 2 of Diamonds

In the record

Clayton Conrad Anderson (born February 23, 1959) is a retired NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for February 23 is the 2 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 2 of Diamonds coordinate

Clayton C. Anderson's birthday maps to the 2 of Diamonds (The Financial Partner). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a mission and not a verdict on Clayton C. Anderson. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You name the exchange out loud and keep it fair for both sides.

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Clayton C. Anderson in the public record

Launched on STS-117, he replaced Sunita Williams on June 10, 2007 as a member of the ISS Expedition 15 crew. He is currently an author, a motivational speaker, and a Professor of Practice at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. In 2022, he became the president and CEO of the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum. Anderson graduated from Ashland-Greenwood High School, Ashland, Nebraska, 1977, received a Bachelor of Science degree (cum laude) in physics at Hastings College, Nebraska, in 1981 and a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering at Iowa State University in 1983. Anderson joined Johnson Space Center in 1983 in the Mission Planning and Analysis Division, performing rendezvous and proximity operations trajectory designs for early Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions. In 1988, he moved to the Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) as a Flight Design Manager, leading the trajectory design team for the Galileo mission to Jupiter (STS-34) while serving as the backup for the Magellan mission to Venus (STS-31). In 1989, Anderson was chosen to be supervisor of the MOD Ascent Flight Design Section and, following reorganization, the Flight Design Engineering Office of the Flight Design and Dynamics Division. In 1993, he was named the Chief of the Flight Design Branch.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Clayton Anderson (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 6 of Clubs

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Clayton C. Anderson, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Natural teaching and mentoring ability

He is currently an author, a motivational speaker, and a Professor of Practice at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: author, professor.

Also on the record

1. From 1996 until his selection as an astronaut, Anderson held the post of Manager, Emergency Operations Center, NASA Johnson Space Center.
2. Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in June 1998, he reported for training in August of that year.
3. Training included orientation briefings and tours, numerous scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) systems, physiological training, ground school to prepare for T-38 flight training, as well as learning water and wilderness survival techniques.
4. Prior to being assigned to a spaceflight, Anderson served as the lead for the Enhanced Caution and Warning (ECW) System development effort within the Space Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade (CAU) Project.

Other astronauts with this card

• Alan G. Poindexter — NASA Group 17 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Alvin B. Drew Jr. — NASA Group 18 · Management · 2 flights
• Frederick W. Sturckow — NASA Group 15 · Former · 4 flights
• Karen L. Nyberg — NASA Group 18 · Former · 1 flight
• Lee M. Morin — NASA Group 16 · Former · 1 flight

FAQ

What is Clayton C. Anderson's birth card?

The 2 of Diamonds. February 23 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a spaceflight?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast missions, character, or fate.

Where do Clayton C. Anderson's dates come from?

Birth date 1959-02-23 is the day-precision date on Clayton C. Anderson's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights), verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only NASA dates and NASA↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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