Tsien Hsue-shen

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Tsien Hsue-shen was a pioneering Chinese aerospace engineer and rocket scientist who played a foundational role in both early American rocketry and the development of China’s missile and space programs.

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instanceOf Chinese scientist
aerospace engineer
person
rocket scientist
academicAdvisor Theodore von Kármán NERFINISHED
awardReceived National Science and Technology Progress Award (China) NERFINISHED
State Preeminent Science and Technology Award of China NERFINISHED
Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Medal NERFINISHED
birthDate 1911-12-11
birthPlace Republic of China NERFINISHED
Shanghai NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship China
United States of America
deathDate 2009-10-31
deathPlace Beijing NERFINISHED
educatedAt California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Chiao Tung University NERFINISHED
employer California Institute of Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
Fifth Academy of the Ministry of National Defense of China NERFINISHED
Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED
U.S. Army Air Forces (as consultant) NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork aerodynamics
aerospace engineering
missile technology
rocket science
influenced Chinese crewed spaceflight program NERFINISHED
development of Chinese strategic missile forces
knownFor development of Dongfeng ballistic missiles
development of Long March launch vehicles
founding role in Jet Propulsion Laboratory
leading role in Chinese missile program
leading role in Chinese space program
pioneering work in American rocketry
languageSpoken Chinese
English
memberOf Chinese Academy of Engineering NERFINISHED
Chinese Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
United States National Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
name Hsue-Shen Tsien NERFINISHED
Qian Xuesen NERFINISHED
Tsien Hsue-shen NERFINISHED
nickname Father of Chinese missile program
Father of Chinese rocketry
notableWork Engineering Cybernetics NERFINISHED
papers on jet propulsion and high-speed aerodynamics
politicalAffiliation Communist Party of China NERFINISHED
positionHeld Director of the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of National Defense of China
Professor at California Institute of Technology
Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
significantEvent accused during the Red Scare in the United States
deported from the United States to China in 1955
placed under house arrest in the United States in the 1950s

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