John M. Klineberg

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John Michael Klineberg (October 16, 1938 – December 31, 2022) was an American aerospace engineer and NASA official who directed two of the agency's field centers. He began his NASA career as a research engineer at the Ames Research Center in 1970 before moving to NASA Headquarters, where he helped develop the Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, a federal effort to reduce aviation fuel consumption after the 1973 oil crisis. He became deputy director of NASA's Lewis Research Center in 1979 and served as its sixth director from 1987 to 1990. Under Klineberg, the center expanded its space portfolio, reactivated test facilities at Plum Brook Station, and helped establish the Ohio Aerospace Institute. In 1990, he was appointed the seventh director of Goddard Space Flight Center, arriving just as the newly launched Hubble Space Telescope was found to have a flawed primary mirror. He oversaw the recovery effort that led to the telescope's repair during the 1993 STS-61 servicing mission, which was awarded the Collier Trophy, and later managed the Cosmic Background Explorer. Klineberg retired from NASA in 1995 and received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the agency's highest honor. After leaving NASA, Klineberg joined Space Systems/Loral, where he led the development and deployment of the Globalstar satellite telephone constellation and served as company president from 1999 to 2001. He later became CEO of Swales Aerospace and advised the federal government through the National Research Council, chairing a panel on NASA's aeronautics research and serving on a committee that studied options for extending the life of the Hubble Space Telescope.