Ronald J. Grabe's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Ronald John Grabe (born June 13, 1945) is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel. The birth-card coordinate for June 13 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Ronald J. Grabe's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation Builder). 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 Ronald J. Grabe. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

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Ronald J. Grabe in the public record

He has earned the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Liethen-Tittle Award (for Outstanding Student at the USAF Test Pilot School), the Royal Air Force Cross, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and NASA Space Flight Medals. Grabe graduated from Stuyvesant High School (New York City) in 1962; earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1966; and studied Aeronautics as a Fulbright Scholar at the Technische Hochschule (Darmstadt, West Germany) in 1967. He returned to the United States in 1967 to complete pilot training at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. He subsequently flew F-100 aircraft with the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, and in 1969 was assigned as an F-100 pilot with the 3d Tactical Fighter Wing at Bien Hoa Air Base in the Republic of Vietnam, where he flew 200 combat missions. In 1970, he was reassigned to the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cannon Air Force Base to fly F-100 and F-111 aircraft. He participated in the operational test and evaluation of the weapons system of the F-111D aircraft. Grabe attended the USAF Test Pilot School in 1974 and, upon graduating in 1975, was assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center as a test pilot for the A-7 and F-111. He was the program manager and chief project pilot for the Air Force's digital flight control system for tactical fighters (DIGITAC) evaluation.

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

Where the record meets the 5 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 Ronald J. Grabe, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Quick thinking and mental flexibility

Ronald John Grabe (born June 13, 1945) is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel.

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

Also on the record

1. He later served as an exchange test pilot with the Royal Air Force at Boscombe Down, United Kingdom, from 1976 to 1979.
2. During this tour of duty, he served as the chief project pilot for the Royal Air Force Harrier and the Royal Navy Sea Harrier.
3. He was an instructor at the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, when advised of his selection by NASA.
4. He has logged more than 5,500 hours flying time.

Other astronauts with this card

• Anthony W. England — NASA Group 6 · Former · 1 flight
• Brent W. Jett — NASA Group 14 · Former · 4 flights
• Frank L. Culbertson Jr. — NASA Group 10 · Former · 3 flights
• Kevin P. Chilton — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights
• Richard F. Gordon Jr. — NASA Group 3 · Deceased · 2 flights
• S. David Griggs — NASA Group 8 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Scott J. Kelly — NASA Group 16 · Former · 3 flights
• William R. Pogue — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight

FAQ

What is Ronald J. Grabe's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. June 13 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 Ronald J. Grabe's dates come from?

Birth date 1945-06-13 is the day-precision date on Ronald J. Grabe's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 9 · 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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