People mourn China's "father of space technology"

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Xinhua : China | 28 days ago

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China's keystone space scientist Qian Xuesen, widely acclaimed as the country's "father of space technology" and "king of rocketry", died of illness here Saturday morning at the age of 98. In 1956, based on Qian's position paper on the country's defense and aviation industry, the central...

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News Source: Xinhuanet.com | 27 days ago

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