James H. Newman's Birth Card: The 6 of Clubs

In the record

James Hansen Newman (born October 16, 1956) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. The birth-card coordinate for October 16 is the 6 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 6 of Clubs coordinate

James H. Newman's birthday maps to the 6 of Clubs (The Nurturing Creator). 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 James H. Newman. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You pass on what you know without disappearing behind the lesson.

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James H. Newman in the public record

Newman currently serves as the Provost of Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. After graduating from Rice University in 1984, Newman did an additional year of post-doctoral work at Rice. His research interests are in atomic and molecular physics, specifically medium to low energy collisions of atoms and molecules of aeronomic interest. His doctoral work at Rice University was in the design, construction, testing, and use of a new position-sensitive detection system for measuring differential cross sections of collisions of atoms and molecules. In 1985, Dr. Newman was appointed as adjunct professor in the Department of Space Physics and Astronomy at Rice University. That same year he came to work at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where his duties included responsibility for conducting flight crew and flight control team training for all mission phases in the areas of Orbiter propulsion, guidance, and control. He was working as a simulation supervisor when selected for the astronaut program.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article James H. Newman (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 James H. Newman, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Natural teaching and mentoring ability

His research interests are in atomic and molecular physics, specifically medium to low energy collisions of atoms and molecules of aeronomic interest.

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

Also on the record

1. In that capacity, he was responsible for a team of instructors conducting flight controller training.
2. Selected by NASA in January 1990, Newman began astronaut training in July 1990.
3. His technical assignments since then include: Astronaut Office Mission Support Branch where he was part of a team responsible for crew ingress/strap-in prior to launch and crew egress after landing; Mission Development Branch working on the Shuttle on-board laptop computers; Chief of the Computer Support Branch in the Astronaut Office, responsible for crew involvement in the development and use of computers on the Space Shuttle and Space Station.
4. Detailed to the Space Shuttle Program Office in March 1999 for a two-year tour of duty, Newman served as the RMS Integration Manager responsible for the Orbiter robotic arm and the Space Vision System.

Other astronauts with this card

• Charles Lacy Veach — NASA Group 10 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Ellison S. Onizuka — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Jerome Apt III — NASA Group 11 · Former · 4 flights
• Kenneth T. Ham — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
• Paul S. Lockhart — NASA Group 16 · Former · 2 flights
• Sally K. Ride — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Steven A. Hawley — NASA Group 8 · Former · 5 flights

FAQ

What is James H. Newman's birth card?

The 6 of Clubs. October 16 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 James H. Newman's dates come from?

Birth date 1956-10-16 is the day-precision date on James H. Newman's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 13 · 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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