Thomas P. Stafford's Birth Card: The 7 of Clubs

In the record

Thomas Patten Stafford (September 17, 1930 – March 18, 2024) was an American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and one of 24 Apollo astronauts who flew to the Moon. The birth-card coordinate for September 17 is the 7 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 7 of Clubs coordinate

Thomas P. Stafford's birthday maps to the 7 of Clubs (The Analytical Creator). 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 Thomas P. Stafford. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You take a claim apart until the usable piece is left, then you use it.

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Thomas P. Stafford in the public record

He also served as chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Stafford was commissioned in the United States Air Force, flying the F-86 Sabre before becoming a test pilot. He was selected to become an astronaut in 1962, and flew aboard Gemini 6A in 1965 and Gemini 9A in 1966. In 1969, he commanded Apollo 10, the second crewed mission to orbit the Moon. Here, he and Gene Cernan became the first to fly an Apollo Lunar Module in lunar orbit, descending to an altitude of nine miles (fourteen kilometres). In 1975, Stafford was the commander of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) flight, the first joint U.S.-Soviet space mission. A brigadier general at the time, he became the first general officer to fly in space. He was the first member of his Naval Academy class to pin on the first, second, and third stars of a general officer.

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

Where the record meets the Jack 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 Thomas P. Stafford, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Courage to speak difficult truths

Thomas Patten Stafford (September 17, 1930 – March 18, 2024) was an American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and one of 24 Apollo astronauts who flew to the Moon.

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

Also on the record

1. He made six rendezvous in space and logged 507 hours of space flight.
2. Stafford flew more than 120 types of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft and three types of spacecraft.
3. After the deaths of Wally Schirra, Eugene Cernan, and John Young, he was the last surviving crew member of Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, and Apollo 10.
4. In 1993, the Stafford Air & Space Museum was founded in his hometown of Weatherford, Oklahoma.

Other astronauts with this card

• Edgar D. Mitchell — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 1 flight
• Ellen S. Baker — NASA Group 10 · Former · 3 flights
• Michael J. Foreman — NASA Group 17 · Former · 2 flights
• Story Musgrave — NASA Group 6 · Former · 6 flights
• William A. Oefelein — NASA Group 17 · Former · 1 flight

FAQ

What is Thomas P. Stafford's birth card?

The 7 of Clubs. September 17 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 Thomas P. Stafford's dates come from?

Birth date 1930-09-17 is the day-precision date on Thomas P. Stafford's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 2 · Deceased · 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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