What is Jack Kinzler?
[[File:Kinzler, Jack A., NASA portrait.jpg|thumb|200px|{{Center|Jack Kinzler's [[NASA]] portrait.}}]] '''Jack Albert Kinzler''' (January 9, 1920 &ndash; March 4, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[NASA]] [[engineer]]. He was the [[chief]] of the Technical Services Center at NASA's [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]]. He was known within the agency as '''Mr. Fix It'''. He was awarded the [[NASA Distinguished Service Medal]] for creating the [[solar shield]] that saved [[Skylab]]. He was born in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Kinzler died from [[natural causes]] on March 4, 2014 in [[Taylor Lake Village, Texas|Taylor Lake Village]], [[Texas]]. He was 94 years old.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Jack Kinzler, Whose Ingenuity Saved Skylab, Dies at 94|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/us/jack-kinzler-skylabs-savior-dies-at-94.html|accessdate=18 March 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 March 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|5399770}} {{US-biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinzler, Jack}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Engineers from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:NASA]] [[Category:Scientists from Pittsburgh]]