Roger B. Chaffee's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds

In the record

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. The birth-card coordinate for February 15 is the 10 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 10 of Diamonds coordinate

Roger B. Chaffee'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 Roger B. Chaffee. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build enough and keep it structured so it actually holds.

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Roger B. Chaffee in the public record

Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he became an Eagle Scout. He graduated from Central High School in 1953, and accepted a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship. He began his college education at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he was involved in the fraternity Phi Kappa Sigma. He transferred to Purdue University in 1954, continuing his involvement in Phi Kappa Sigma serving as chapter president in 1956 and obtaining his private pilot's license. After graduating from Purdue in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Chaffee completed his Navy training and was commissioned as an ensign. He began pilot training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, flying aircraft such as the T-34, T-28, and A3D. He became quality and safety control officer for Heavy Photographic Squadron 62 (VAP-62). His time in this unit included taking crucial photos of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, earning him the Air Medal.

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

Where the record meets the Queen 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 Roger B. Chaffee, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Deep wisdom and understanding

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program.

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

Also on the record

1. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1966.
2. Along with thirteen other pilots, Chaffee was selected to be an astronaut as part of NASA Astronaut Group 3 in 1963.
3. He served as capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for the Gemini 3 and Gemini 4 missions and received his first spaceflight assignment in 1966 as the third-ranking pilot on Apollo 1.
4. In 1967, he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the mission at what was then the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34, Florida.

Other astronauts with this card

• Christopher J. Ferguson — NASA Group 17 · Former · 3 flights
• Daniel C. Brandenstein — NASA Group 8 · Former · 4 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
• Terence T. Henricks — NASA Group 11 · Former · 4 flights

FAQ

What is Roger B. Chaffee's birth card?

The 10 of Diamonds. February 15 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 Roger B. Chaffee's dates come from?

Birth date 1935-02-15 is the day-precision date on Roger B. Chaffee's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 3 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table), 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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