SPACE SCIENTIST RECEIVES AWARD
Qi Faren, a preeminent space scientist and former head of the China Academy of Space Technology, received the highest prize of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Awards for his contribution to aerospace in Beijing on December 19.
Born in Fuxian County, Liaoning Province in 1933, Qi worked on the development of many satellites, including China’s first—Dongfanghong 1—which was sent into space in April 1970 by the Long March 1, the country’s first carrier rocket, which he had helped design.
Qi also led the research and development of the first five Shenzhou spaceships, including the , which carried out the country’s first manned space mission in 2003.
