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Qi Faren
Qi Faren
Qi Faren
Chinese chief designer. Chief Designer for Chinese Spacecraft, 1992-on, succeeding Qian. Led development of Shenzhou, 1992-1999. Engineering education in Russia, 1958-1960; participated in design of first Chinese satellite, DFH-1, in 1960's.

Born: 1933.

Qi Faren was revealed to be the chief designer for Chinese spacecraft after the launch of the prototype Shenzhou manned spacecraft in 1999. He was born in 1933 and graduated from the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1957. He was among the group of students sent to the Soviet Union in 1958-1960 for training in rocketry. Qi participated in the research and design of China's first satellite - the Dongfanghong-1, which was successfully placed into orbit in 1970. He was appointed the general designer of China's spacecraft in 1992, following the retirement of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the father of Chinese spaceflight. During the following seven years, Qi directed and coordinated a thousand-strong team in development of the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft.



Country: China. Bibliography: 5915.

1999 November 30 - .

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