Michael J. Bloomfield's Birth Card: The 7 of Diamonds

In the record

Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield (born March 16, 1959) is an American former astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. The birth-card coordinate for March 16 is the 7 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 7 of Diamonds coordinate

Michael J. Bloomfield's birthday maps to the 7 of Diamonds (The Skeptical Investor). 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 Michael J. Bloomfield. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You look at worth without reducing it to the account balance.

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Michael J. Bloomfield in the public record

Born in Flint and raised in Lake Fenton, Michigan, Bloomfield received his bachelor's degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Air Force Academy, where he played Falcons football for coach Bill Parcells and was the team's captain. He became an F-15 fighter pilot with the rare combination of having graduated the Fighter Weapons Instructor Course (FWIC, pronounced 'Fwick') and then selected as a test pilot (assigned to the F-16 test squadron at Edwards AFB). He earned his master's degree in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University in 1993. Selected by NASA in December 1994, Bloomfield reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. He worked as Chief of Safety for the Astronaut Office, Chief Instructor Astronaut, Director of Shuttle Operations, and Chief of the Shuttle Branch, which oversees all Shuttle technical issues for the Astronaut Office. He first flew as a pilot aboard STS-86 in 1997, where he docked with the space station Mir. Bloomfield also piloted STS-97 in 2000 and commanded STS-110 in 2002, both missions to the International Space Station. In 2006, Bloomfield served as deputy director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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

Where the record meets the 7 of Spades

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 Michael J. Bloomfield, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Penetrating questions and inquiry

Born in Flint and raised in Lake Fenton, Michigan, Bloomfield received his bachelor's degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Air Force Academy, where he played Falcons football for coach Bill Parcells and was the team's captain.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: captain, engineering.

Also on the record

1. He resigned from NASA in July 2007.
2. In October 2007, Bloomfield joined ATK as Vice President of the Constellation Program.
3. In December 2010, Bloomfiel joined Oceaneering as its vice president and General Manager of Oceaneering Space Systems.
4. He currently serves on the board of directors at Space Center Houston and resides in suburban Houston, Texas.

Other astronauts with this card

• Buzz Aldrin — NASA Group 3 · Former · 2 flights
• Gregory H. Johnson — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
• James A. McDivitt — NASA Group 2 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Jerry L. Ross — NASA Group 9 · Former · 7 flights
• Theodore C. Freeman — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table
• Walter Cunningham — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Winston E. Scott — NASA Group 14 · Former · 2 flights

FAQ

What is Michael J. Bloomfield's birth card?

The 7 of Diamonds. March 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 Michael J. Bloomfield's dates come from?

Birth date 1959-03-16 is the day-precision date on Michael J. Bloomfield's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 15 · Former · 3 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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