Qian Xuesen
11 December 1911 – 31 October 2009
Qian Xuesen was a Chinese aerodynamicist and rocket scientist who studied under Theodore von Karman at Caltech and helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Accused of communist sympathies during the McCarthy era, he lost his security clearance and returned to China in 1955, where he directed the development of the country's missile and space programmes.
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Life events
Studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, taking a master's degree in aeronautical engineering.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was among the Caltech rocket researchers whose work led to the establishment of JPL.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was stripped of his clearance and placed under restrictions on his movements for five years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe left the United States as part of an exchange negotiated after the Korean War.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe headed the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of National Defence, the origin of China's missile industry.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe launch used a rocket developed by the programme he directed.
Source: en.wikipedia.org