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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Associate Administrator of the <a href="/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 25, 2012 – April 30, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a><br />Donald Trump</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lesa_Roe" title="Lesa Roe">Lesa Roe</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Krista_Paquin" class="mw-redirect" title="Krista Paquin">Krista Paquin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jurczyk" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Jurczyk">Stephen Jurczyk</a> (Acting)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Montevallo,_Alabama" title="Montevallo, Alabama">Montevallo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Caroline Smith<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/lightfoot_bio.html">NASA Biography</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.</b> is a former <a href="/wiki/List_of_Administrators_and_Deputy_Administrators_of_NASA" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Administrators and Deputy Administrators of NASA">Acting Administrator</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a> (NASA), serving from January 20, 2017 until April 23, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Succeeding <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bolden" title="Charles Bolden">Charles Bolden</a>, Lightfoot became the space agency's acting Associate Administrator on March 5, 2012. That job became permanent on September 25, 2012. He had previously served as the eleventh Director of the <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Space_Flight_Center" title="Marshall Space Flight Center">Marshall Space Flight Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville, Alabama</a>, from March 2009 until his promotion in March 2012. On March 12, 2018 he announced his retirement from NASA effective April 30, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_M._Lightfoot_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lightfoot has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hvt825_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hvt825-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2007, he was named Distinguished Departmental Fellow for the University of Alabama, Department of Mechanical Engineering and selected as a University of Alabama College of Engineering fellow in 2009. Lightfoot serves on the University of Alabama Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board.<sup id="cite_ref-lightpr_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lightpr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_M._Lightfoot_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lightfoot joined NASA in 1989 as a test engineer and program manager at Marshall.<sup id="cite_ref-hvt825_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hvt825-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, he was named deputy division chief of Marshall's propulsion test division. Lightfoot moved to NASA's <a href="/wiki/John_C._Stennis_Space_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="John C. Stennis Space Center">John C. Stennis Space Center</a> in 1999 as chief of propulsion test operations. In 2001, he was named deputy director of the Propulsion Test Directorate at Stennis and in March 2002 he was promoted to director.<sup id="cite_ref-lightpr_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lightpr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bish_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bish-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2003 to 2005, Lightfoot served as assistant associate administrator for the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Shuttle Program">Space Shuttle Program</a> in the Office of Space Operations at NASA Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-lightpr_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lightpr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to Marshall in 2005 as manager of the Space Shuttle Propulsion Office. In 2007, Lightfoot was named deputy director of Marshall where he shared responsibility for managing the center.<sup id="cite_ref-hnt19_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hnt19-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served in that capacity until becoming acting director on March 26, 2009, after the retirement of the previous director, <a href="/wiki/David_A._King_(engineer)" title="David A. King (engineer)">David A. King</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kingpr_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingpr-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lightfoot was formally named as the eleventh director of the Marshall Space Flight Center on August 24, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-hnt19_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hnt19-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led Marshall through the transition from the Shuttle era to the <a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System">Space Launch System</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ht110803_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ht110803-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2012, NASA announced that Lightfoot would become the space agency's acting Associate Administrator as of March 5, 2012. The position opened when <a href="/wiki/Chris_Scolese" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Scolese">Chris Scolese</a> was named the new director of the <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Space_Flight_Center" title="Goddard Space Flight Center">Goddard Space Flight Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenbelt,_Maryland" title="Greenbelt, Maryland">Greenbelt, Maryland</a>. Lightfoot's successor at Marshall was <a href="/wiki/Arthur_E._Goldman" title="Arthur E. Goldman">Arthur E. "Gene" Goldman</a>, named as acting director in March 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-pr120405_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr120405-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lightfoot shifted from acting to permanent Associate Administrator on September 25, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-msfc120925_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msfc120925-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Lightfoot was elected as a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Public_Administration_(United_States)" title="National Academy of Public Administration (United States)">National Academy of Public Administration.</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 12, 2018, Lightfoot announced that he would be retiring from the agency on April 30, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2018, Lightfoot joined the Advisory Board of <a href="/wiki/Firefly_Aerospace" title="Firefly Aerospace">Firefly Aerospace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, Lightfoot joined Lockheed Martin as the Executive Vice President of its Space division.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_M._Lightfoot_Jr.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A native of <a href="/wiki/Montevallo,_Alabama" title="Montevallo, Alabama">Montevallo, Alabama</a>, Lightfoot has received several awards during his career, including the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Rank_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Rank Award">Presidential Rank Award</a> for Meritorious Executives in 2006 and a <a href="/wiki/NASA_Outstanding_Leadership_Medal" title="NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal">NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal</a> in 2007 for "outstanding and exemplary leadership of the Shuttle Propulsion Office" and "assuring safety for the shuttle's return to flight".<sup id="cite_ref-lightpr_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lightpr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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Marshall Space Flight Center</a> (<a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville, Alabama</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Directors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun" title="Wernher von Braun">von Braun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eberhard_Rees" title="Eberhard Rees">Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocco_Petrone" title="Rocco Petrone">Petrone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Lucas" title="William R. Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Thompson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James R. Thompson, Jr.">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Jack_Lee" title="T. Jack Lee">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Porter_Bridwell" title="Gene Porter Bridwell">Bridwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Wayne_Littles" title="J. 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Goldman">Goldman*</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Henderson" title="Robin Henderson">Henderson*</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Scheuermann" title="Patrick Scheuermann">Scheuermann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle Propulsion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory" title="Chandra X-ray Observatory">Chandra X-ray Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravity_Probe_B" title="Gravity Probe B">Gravity Probe B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constellation_program" title="Constellation program">Project Constellation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ares_I" title="Ares I">Ares I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ares_V" title="Ares V">Ares V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)" title="Orion (spacecraft)">Orion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Huntsville,_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Huntsville, Alabama">NRHP</a> sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_Buoyancy_Simulator" title="Neutral Buoyancy Simulator">Neutral Buoyancy Simulator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propulsion_and_Structural_Test_Facility" title="Propulsion and Structural Test Facility">Propulsion and Structural Test Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redstone_Test_Stand" title="Redstone Test Stand">Redstone Test Stand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_V_Dynamic_Test_Stand" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand">Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_V_Dynamic_Test_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle">Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Paperclip" title="Operation Paperclip">Operation Paperclip</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Germans_relocated_to_the_US_via_the_Operation_Paperclip" title="List of Germans relocated to the US via the Operation Paperclip">list of scientists</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Ballistic_Missile_Agency" title="Army Ballistic Missile Agency">ABMA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redstone_Arsenal" title="Redstone Arsenal">Redstone Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-11_Redstone" title="PGM-11 Redstone">Redstone Rocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Space_%26_Rocket_Center" title="U.S. Space & Rocket Center">U.S. Space & Rocket Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>*</b> acting director only</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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