 Leinbach led the NASA Shuttle Launch Team for all shuttle missions since 2005 except STS-122, polling all areas prior to launch, and giving the final "go" for launch.Leinbach was NASA's final shuttle launch Director, giving the final shuttle launch GO call to Atlantis (STS-135) in 2011.He retired from NASA four months later, ending his decades-long tenure at the agency on 30 November, 2011.