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Qi Faren
Chinese aerospace engineer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Qi Faren (Chinese: 戚发轫; born 1933) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and the chief designer for Chinese spacecraft since the launch of the prototype Shenzhou crewed spacecraft in 1999.[1]
Qi was born in 1933 in Wafangdian, Liaoning, China, and graduated from the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1957.[2] Qi took part in the research and design of the People's Republic of China's first satellite - the Dong Fang Hong I, which was successfully launched, and stayed in orbit, in 1970.[2] He was then appointed the general designer of China's spacecraft in 1992, following the retirement of Qian Xuesen.[1]
Qi is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics. He was inducted into the International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame in 2019,[3] the third Chinese inductee after Wang Xiji and Long Lehao.[4] In 2020, he became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.[5]
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