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Qian Xuesen ( 钱学森; 11 December 1911 – 31 October 2009; also spelled as Hsue-shen Tsien) was a Chinese aerospace engineer and cyberneticist who made significant contributions to the field of aerodynamics and established engineering cybernetics. He achieved recognition as one of America's leading experts in rockets and high-speed flight theory. [1]
Qian is the father of China's missile and space programme. His research helped develop the rockets that fired China's first satellite into space, and missiles that became part of...
Qian Xuesen (born December 11, 1911, Shanghai, China—died October 31, 2009, Beijing) was a Chinese engineer and research scientist widely recognized as the “father of Chinese aerospace” for his role in establishing China’s ballistic missile program.
Dec 9, 2009 · Perhaps no one better embodies the irony of the cold-war era than Qian Xuesen, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, the Chinese rocket scientist who died on 31 October at the age of 97.
Aug 23, 2017 · Undoubtedly the most important figure in China’s space programme, Qian Xuesen (also spelt Tsien Hsue-shen) was responsible for directing the development of China’s missiles and launch vehicles from 1956 to 1991.
Qian Xuesen was a Chinese engineer and research scientist widely recognized as the 'father of Chinese aerospace' for his role in establishing China’s ballistic missile program.
Nov 4, 2009 · Nov. 3, 2009. BEIJING Qian Xuesen, a brilliant rocket scientist who single-handedly led China’s space and military rocketry efforts after he was drummed out of the United States during the...
Tsinghua University alumnus, China's keystone space scientist Qian Xuesen, who was widely acclaimed as the country's "father of space technology" and "king of rocketry", died of illness...
Nov 16, 2009 · A co-founder of what became Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Qian helped debrief German rocket scientists following World War II, but he was accused of being a Communist spy at the height of...
Nov 27, 2009 · Qian Xuesen, the Chinese rocket scientist who has died in Beijing aged 98, was a unique figure in the history of the world’s missile and nuclear arsenals, with a career that straddled...
