L. Blaine Hammond Jr.'s Birth Card: The Jack of Diamonds

In the record

Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr. (born January 16, 1952) is a Gulfstream test pilot, a former United States Air Force officer, and a former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for January 16 is the Jack of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The Jack of Diamonds coordinate

L. Blaine Hammond Jr.'s birthday maps to the Jack of Diamonds (The Successful Messenger). 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 L. Blaine Hammond Jr.. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You try a new approach to value and you finish enough of it to know if it works.

Live Jack of Diamonds meaning page

L. Blaine Hammond Jr. in the public record

He flew on two Space Shuttle missions. Hammond was born on January 16, 1952, in Savannah, Georgia, but considers St. Louis, Missouri his hometown. He graduated from Kirkwood High School in 1969 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, science, and mechanics from the United States Air Force Academy in 1973 and a Master of Science degree in engineering science and mechanics from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1974. He is a member of the Air Force Academy Association of Graduates, the Air Force Association, and the Order of Daedalians. Distinguished Graduate, USAF Academy Commander's Trophy Flying Training Award in Undergraduate Pilot Training Defense Superior Service Medal NASA Space Flight Medal (2) Air Force Commendation Medal (2) Gulstream Long Beach, Ca. Upstairs North West Conference Room named in his honor Hammond received his pilot wings at Reese Air Force Base, Texas, in 1975. He was assigned to the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany, flying the F4E from 1976 to 1979.

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

Where the record meets the Jack 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 L. Blaine Hammond Jr., and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

You bring a new angle and you let someone pressure-test it before it ships.

As a test pilot school instructor, he flew the F-4, A-7 Corsair II, and A-37, and was the High Angle of Attack program monitor, teaching stall/spin theory and flight training.

Paired on shared wording: angle, test.

Also on the record

1. In 1979–1980, he was an Instructor Pilot in the F-5B/E/F at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, training foreign national students.
2. He attended the Empire Test Pilots' School (ETPS) at Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) Boscombe Down, United Kingdom, in 1981.
3. Hammond returned to Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 1982, where he managed projects in the 6512 Test Squadron until being assigned as an instructor at the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards.
4. As a test pilot school instructor, he flew the F-4, A-7 Corsair II, and A-37, and was the High Angle of Attack program monitor, teaching stall/spin theory and flight training.

Other astronauts with this card

• David R. Scott — NASA Group 3 · Former · 3 flights
• Jerry M. Linenger — NASA Group 14 · Former · 2 flights
• Michael L. Coats — NASA Group 8 · Former · 3 flights
• Patricia Hilliard Robertson — NASA Group 17 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
• Walter M. Schirra Jr. — NASA Group 1 · Deceased · 3 flights

FAQ

What is L. Blaine Hammond Jr.'s birth card?

The Jack of Diamonds. January 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 L. Blaine Hammond Jr.'s dates come from?

Birth date 1952-01-16 is the day-precision date on L. Blaine Hammond Jr.'s NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 10 · 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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