Prof. Qian Xuesen
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Qian Xuesen (钱学森; 11 December 1911 – 31 October 2009; also spelled as Hsue-shen Tsien) was a Chinese aerospace engineer and cyberneticist who made significant contributions to the field of aerodynamics and established engineering cybernetics.
Qian Xuesen was a Chinese aerodynamicist and cyberneticist who worked at Caltech and MIT. He contributed to rocket science and engineering cybernetics, and later founded China's missile and space program.
Learn about the life and achievements of Tsien Hsue-shen (Qian Xuesen), the leading rocket scientist who founded China's space program after being expelled from the US as a Red. Discover his contributions to rocket theory, supersonic flight, and nuclear rockets.
Dec 9, 2009 · Perhaps no one better embodies the irony of the cold-war era than Qian Xuesen, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, the Chinese rocket scientist who died on 31 October at the age of 97.
- Jane Qiu
- 2009
Nov 4, 2009 · As a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and later as a scientist and teacher at the California Institute of Technology, Mr. Qian, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, played a...
Nov 2, 2009 · Tsien Hsue-Shen (Aeronautics PhD '39) was a student of von Kármán and a founder of JPL. He passed away in 2009 and was honored by Caltech for his contributions to science and engineering.
Jun 16, 2022 · Remembering JPL co-founder. Tsien Hsue-shen. 10.1-10. Tsien's talent was recognized during his student years at Jiaotong University in Shanghai. He came to the United States in 1935, first to study engineering at MIT, then to complete his graduate work in aeronautics at Caltech.
