Tsien Hsue-shen
Scientist
US-educated scientist was father of China's space program...was based on what he had studied in the US during his 20 years there. After his retirement in 1991, Qian maintained a low profile, despite being garlanded with awards. His wife, the acclaimed Beijing opera singer Jiang Ying, survives him. In this article: Qian Xuesen, People's Republic of China, US, California Institute of Technology, Beijing, Nationalist, World War II, Dongfeng missile, and The Communist Party |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Obituaries | 1 day ago
Qian Xuesen
Qian Xuesen Qian Xuesen, who died in Beijing on October 31 aged 97, was the father of China's missile and space programmes, transforming the country from a primitive technological backwater to a nuclear power. Published: 12:37PM GMT 22 Nov...
In this article: China, Silkworm, Caltech, Mao Tse-tung, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wen Jiabao, United States, Allegation, and Suicide
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Guardian | November 01, 2009
Obituary: Qian Xuesen
...was based on what he had studied in the US during his 20 years there. After his retirement in 1991, he maintained a low profile, despite being garlanded with awards. He is survived by his wife, the highly acclaimed Beijing opera singer...
In this article: Qian Xuesen, People's Republic of China, US, California Institute of Technology, Communist party, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Beijing, and Nationalist
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | October 31, 2009
Qian Xuesen, anticommunist unease drove rocket scientist out of US
...being a communist, but he was briefly arrested and lost his security clearance. Washington began hearings to deport him, though he was never charged with a crime. After five years of virtual house arrest and secret negotiations between...
In this article: Qian Xuesen, China, United States, Beijing, Chiang Kai-shek, Washington, Nationalist, World War II, US Communist Party, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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San Jose Mercury News | October 31, 2009
Qian Xuesen, rocket scientist, dies at 98
...him, though he was never charged with a crime. After five years of virtual house arrest and secret negotiations between Washington and Beijing, Qian left for his homeland in 1955. In a 1999 speech in San Francisco delivered to...
In this article: China, United States, Beijing, Iris Chang, Chiang Kai-shek, Washington, San Jose, and Suicide
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L.A. Times - Science | November 01, 2009
Qian Xuesen dies at 98; rocket scientist helped establish Jet Propulsion Laboratory
...the father of China's space and missile programs, has died. He was 98. Qian, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, died Saturday in Beijing, China's state news agency reported. The cause was not given. Honored in his homeland for his "eminent...
In this article: Caltech, China, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Silkworm, Theodore von Karman, United States, and Nationalist
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The Times of India - World | October 31, 2009
'Father of China's space technology' dies
...October 2009, 02:22pm IST BEIJING: China's space scientist Qian Xuesen, widely known as the father of the country's space technology, died here Saturday morning at the age of 98, Xinhua news agency reported. Qian was born in Hangzhou,...
In this article: China, Qian Xuesen, Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Hangzhou, and Shanghai
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Tsien Hsue-shen (; born December 11, 1911) is a scientist who was a major figure in the missile and space programs of both the United States and People's Republic of China. NASA documents commonly refer to him as H.S. Tsien.
During the 1940s Tsien was one of the founders of Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. During the red scare of the 1950s the United States government accused Tsien of having communist sympathies. Tsien and his family were imprisoned in an isolated island off Los Angeles. Tsien decided to go back to China. Under the Korean War POW exchange agreement between China & USA, Tsien was arranged to come back to China via Europe. When he eventually returned to China he led the Chinese rocket program, and became known as the "Father of Chinese Rocketry" (or "King of Rocketry").
Asteroid 3763 Qianxuesen was named after him.
- Birth Date:
- December 11, 1911
- Birthplace:
- Hangzhou, China
- Occupation:
- Co-founder, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
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