Richard M. Mullane's Birth Card: The Ace of Diamonds

In the record

Richard Michael Mullane (born September 10, 1945; Col, USAF, Ret.) is an engineer and weapon systems officer, a retired USAF officer, and a former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for September 10 is the Ace of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The Ace of Diamonds coordinate

Richard M. Mullane's birthday maps to the Ace of Diamonds (The Wealth Pioneer). 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 Richard M. Mullane. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You start a resource in motion because you trust you can make and keep value.

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Richard M. Mullane in the public record

During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36. Richard Michael Mullane was born September 10, 1945, in Wichita Falls, Texas. At the time of his birth, his father, Hugh, was serving as a flight engineer on a B-17 in the Pacific War. His family moved regularly until his father was diagnosed with polio and lost the use of his legs, causing the family to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was a Second Class Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He graduated from St. Pius X High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1963, then received a Bachelor of Science degree in military engineering from the United States Military Academy in 1967 and was awarded a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in 1975.

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

Where the record meets the Ace of Hearts

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 Richard M. Mullane, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Courage to initiate genuine emotional connection

At the time of his birth, his father, Hugh, was serving as a flight engineer on a B-17 in the Pacific War.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: father.

Also on the record

1. Mullane, an air force colonel, graduated from West Point in 1967.
2. He completed 134 combat missions as an RF-4C weapon systems officer while stationed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, from January to November 1969.
3. He subsequently served a 4-year tour of duty, in England.
4. In July 1976, upon completing the USAF Flight Test Engineer Course at Edwards Air Force Base, California, he was assigned as a flight test weapon systems officer to the 3246th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

Other astronauts with this card

• Carlos I. Noriega — NASA Group 15 · Former · 2 flights
• Charles E. Brady Jr. — NASA Group 14 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Janice E. Voss — NASA Group 13 · Deceased · 5 flights
• Robert F. Overmyer — NASA Group 7 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Ronald M. Sega — NASA Group 13 · Former · 2 flights

FAQ

What is Richard M. Mullane's birth card?

The Ace of Diamonds. September 10 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 Richard M. Mullane's dates come from?

Birth date 1945-09-10 is the day-precision date on Richard M. Mullane's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 8 · 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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