Qian Xuesen, Father of China’s Space Program, Is Dead at 98
-
- Share:
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reach -
Credibility
-
Related Allvoices Contributions
-
By: BiodunIginla
Monday, November 9, 2009 Read it all right here... * News * World news * China * China at the crossroads * Xinjiang * Tibet * Japan * United States
23 days ago
-
Chinese space program a threat to U.S.?
By: usawordcreator
General Kevin Chilton of the Pentagon Strategic Command says that it is high time for America to initiate more meaningful talks with China and try to understand what it is planning for its space program. So far, little has been heard from the Obama administration in regard to whether or not it is a threat to the United States. Intelligence units ...
26 days ago
-
india conducts night test fire of irbm agni-11 missile
By: sharma
BALASORE (Orissa), Nov 23 : For the first time India tonight conducted the users trial of surface-to-surface Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), Agni-11, from the launching complex-1V at the Wheeler’s Island near Dhamra off Orissa coast. The two-stage surface-to-surface missile, powered by solid propellants, ...
8 days ago
-
China Prepares for Second Moon Mission
By: dustgeer
China made two major announcements in regards to its space program Friday. The country has announced plans to launch a second lunar probe in October next year. In addition they are working towards the possibility of sending out a manned mission by 2017. Their ambitious plans continue with their intent to plan a Mars mission in the future. China&...
4 days ago
- News Source: International Herald Tribune | 29 days agoQian 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 redbaiting of the McCarthy era, died on Saturday in Beijing...In China, Mr. Qian...
- News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | 29 days agoTook part in Manhattan Project...Qian Xuesen in 1948 Photo: AP Qian Xuesen was one of the greatest Chinese scientists of the modern era, and a man widely regarded as the father of China's missile and space program. His life spanned the final few...
- Blog Source: www.hotspotsz.comQian Xuesen who is widely known as the father of China"s space program has died aged 98. He set up China"s first rocket and missile research institute and workedon its first ever satellite which was launched in 1970. ...
- Blog Source: rokdrop.comAfter the war, Qian married the daughter of a military adviser to Chinese leader Gen. Chiang Kai-shek. In 1949, he applied to become a U.S. citizen, shortly before Chiang's Nationalist forces were defeated by Mao Zedong's communists. ...
- Blog Source: www.netmasti.comXinhua Father of China`s Space, Nuke Programs Dies ???? Qian Xuesen, considered the father of China`s space technology program, died in Beijing Saturday morning, Chinese media said yesterday. He was 98.
- Blog Source: infoproc.blogspot.comAs the trade magazine Aviation Week put it in 2007, upon naming Qian its person of the year, "No one then knew that the father of the future U.S. space program was being quizzed by the father of the future Chinese space program." ...
- Video Source: www.truveo.com
- Video Source: www.truveo.com
- Video Source: www.truveo.comCHINA SPACE PROGRAM - HOAX OF ...Video Source: www.truveo.comCHINA SPACE PROGRAM - HOAX OF CENTURY!
- Video Source: www.truveo.com
Cell phones use report code: Related Tweets
-
@blackloveglobal What outer space smells like: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew
28 days ago/exp6/spacechronicles4.html -
@dylan20 U.S. cedes the lead to Russia in the race to develop nuclear-powered space ships. After all, what could go wrong? http://bit.ly/4lC67i
28 days ago -
@bxchen Fourth-gen iPhone part leaked? I'm guessing it's a marketing gimmick to sell parts to iPhone counterfeiters in China http://bit.ly/3QqXsk
28 days ago -
@klustout RT @gadyepstein: New Int'l Crisis Group report: China "remains reluctant to tighten the screws on Pyongyang" http://tinyurl.com/yer6qtt
29 days ago
Related Allvoices Reports
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
