Qian Xuesen, a world-famous scientist, aerodynamicist, the founder of China's manned spaceflight, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a recipient of China's "Two Bombs and One Satellite" Meritorious Medal.
In 1934, Qian Xuesen graduated from the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering of national jiaotong University and was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology.
Qian Xuesen is engaged in research in the fields of aerodynamics, solid mechanics, rockets and missiles in the United States. At the age of 28, he became a world-renowned aerodynamicist.
Qian Xuesen collaborated with von Carmen on the study of compressible boundary layers to create the "Carmen-Money Approximation" equation.
Later, Qian Xuesen was persecuted in the United States, and her family situation was very bad, and her wife Jiang Ying took care of all the household chores, thus giving up her beloved singing career.
In 1955, under the tutelage of Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai, Qian Xuesen returned to China.
Qian Xuesen led the experiment of using medium- and short-range missiles to carry atomic bombs "combined with two bombs."
Under the leadership of Qian Xuesen, China's "two bombs" successfully exploded.
Qian Xuesen set up the first rocket and missile research institute.
In the 1962 issue of Introduction to Interstellar Navigation, Qian Xuesen proposed the use of a large aircraft equipped with jet engines as the first stage of delivery vehicle.
In May 1995, with the approval of the Central Propaganda Department and the consent of Qian Xuesen himself, Xi'an Jiaotong University named the library Qian Xuesen Library, which is also the only library in China to be named after Qian Xuesen with Qian Xuesen's own consent.
Qian Xuesen has been silently studying all his life, but no matter what era or place he chooses, what he chooses is not only the highest duty of a scientist, but also the highest mission of a descendant of Yan Huang.
As the forerunner of China's aerospace industry, he is not only a treasure of knowledge and a banner of science, but also the backbone of the nation and a model of Chinese people around the world, and he has shown the style of the Chinese people to the world.
Qian Xuesen interpreted the personality essence of a scientist with an indifferent attitude of fame and fortune and a frank attitude towards life.
On December 8, 2011, a symposium to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Qian Xuesen was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Everyone deeply remembered his outstanding meritorious deeds for China's scientific undertakings and national defense modernization.
China's rocket industry began with Qian Xuesen, and the achievements of China's space development are inseparable from Qian Xuesen. He was both a brilliant scientist and a great patriot. Through learning the story of Qian Xuesen, guide young people to learn the spirit of scientists, enlighten children's desire to explore science, ignite children's enthusiasm for exploration, and lay a good foundation for life.