Daniel C. Brandenstein's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds

In the record

Daniel Charles Brandenstein (born January 17, 1943) is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance. The birth-card coordinate for January 17 is the 10 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 10 of Diamonds coordinate

Daniel C. Brandenstein's birthday maps to the 10 of Diamonds (The Wealthy Master). 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 Daniel C. Brandenstein. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build enough and keep it structured so it actually holds.

Live 10 of Diamonds meaning page

Daniel C. Brandenstein in the public record

He is a former Naval Aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, who flew four Space Shuttle missions. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1987 to 1992. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls, and having been a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, Brandenstein entered active duty with the U.S. Navy in September 1965 and was attached to the Naval Air Training Command for flight training. He was designated a Naval Aviator at Naval Air Station Beeville, Texas, in May 1967 and then proceeded to attack squadron VA-128 for A-6 Intruder fleet replacement training. From 1968 to 1970, while attached to VA-196 flying A-6s, he participated in two combat deployments on board the aircraft carriers USS Constellation and USS Ranger to Southeast Asia where he flew 192 combat missions in the Vietnam War. In subsequent assignments, he was attached to VX-5 for the conduct of operational tests of A-6 weapons systems and tactics; and to the Naval Air Test Center, where, upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, he conducted tests of electronic warfare systems in various Navy aircraft.

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

Where the record meets the Queen 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 Daniel C. Brandenstein, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Deep wisdom and thoughtful guidance

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls, and having been a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, Brandenstein entered active duty with the U.S.

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

Also on the record

1. Brandenstein carried out a nine-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean on board USS Ranger while attached to VA-145, flying A-6 Intruders during the period March 1975 to September 1977.
2. Before reporting to the Johnson Space Center in Houston as an astronaut candidate, he was attached to VA-128 as an A-6 flight instructor.
3. Selected by NASA in January 1978, Brandenstein became an astronaut in August 1979.
4. He was ascent spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) and a member of the astronaut support crew for STS-1 (the first flight of the Space Shuttle).

Other astronauts with this card

• Christopher J. Ferguson — NASA Group 17 · Former · 3 flights
• Frederick H. Hauck — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 3 flights
• Leland D . Melvin — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
• Piers J. Sellers — NASA Group 16 · Deceased · 3 flights
• Roger B. Chaffee — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
• Terence T. Henricks — NASA Group 11 · Former · 4 flights

FAQ

What is Daniel C. Brandenstein's birth card?

The 10 of Diamonds. January 17 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 Daniel C. Brandenstein's dates come from?

Birth date 1943-01-17 is the day-precision date on Daniel C. Brandenstein's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 8 · Former · 4 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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