Donald J. Kutyna

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Donald J. Kutyna
b. December 6, 1933
General Donald J. Kutyna
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Years of service	1957-1992
Rank	General
Commands	North American Aerospace Defense Command United States Space Command
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster

Donald J. Kutyna (b. December 6, 1933 in Chicago, USA) was an American general. He was commander in chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Space Command from 1990 to 1992, and commander of Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado from 1987 to 1990.

He studied engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kutyna is perhaps most famous for his aid in several investigations of launch failures, especially his membership on the Rogers Commission investigating the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger. While serving, he befriended fellow panelist Richard Feynman, who later described their partnership in his humorous memoir What Do You Care What Other People Think?. The partnership of Kutyna and Feynman was critical in the discovery and publication of the cause of the Challenger disaster.

General Kutyna retired June 30, 1992