Yao Tongbin, Qian Xuesen, Nie Haisheng, Yang Liwei and Tang Hongbo have made great contributions to China's space industry.

1. Yao Tongbin

Yao Tongbin (September 3, 1922-June 8, 1968), a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, was an expert in metallurgy, aerospace materials, rocket materials and technology, and a winner of the two bombs and one satellite meritorious medal.

Yao Tongbin is the founder of China's aerospace materials and technology, an excellent expert on rocket materials and technology. As the first generation of aerospace materials technology experts and technology leaders in China, he has been engaged in the organization, leadership, research and testing of missile and aerospace materials and technology. He has made great achievements in the study of viscosity and fluidity of metals and alloys in modern metallurgy.

2. Qian Xuesen

Qian Xuesen (December 11, 1911—October 31, 29), Han nationality, was born in Shanghai, and his ancestral home was in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was an aerodynamist, a system scientist, one of the founders of engineering cybernetics, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an academician of China Academy of Engineering, a winner of two bombs and one satellite meritorious medal, and the 33rd grandson of Qian Liu, King of Wu Yue.

from the 194s to the early 196s, Qian Xuesen put forward some important concepts in the field of rockets and aerospace: in the 4s, he put forward and realized the rocket-assisted take-off device (JATO), which shortened the runway distance; In 1949, the concept of rocket passenger plane and the idea of nuclear rocket were put forward.

3, Nie Haisheng

Nie Haisheng, male, Han nationality, native of Zaoyang, Hubei Province, party member, Ph.D. Born in September 1964, he joined the Air Force Changchun Flying Academy in June 1983 and joined the China * * * Production Party in December 1986.

He used to be the pilot director of a regiment command of an air force aviation division, flying safely for 1,48 hours, and was rated as the first-class pilot of the Air Force. At present, he is a special astronaut of China People's Liberation Army Astronaut Brigade, a captain of China Astronaut Brigade and a professional and technical major general.

4. Yang Liwei

Yang Liwei, male, Han nationality, was born in Suizhong County, Huludao City, Liaoning Province on June 21, 1965. party member, a producer of China, is a major general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and a special astronaut. He is currently a member of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputy chief designer of China's manned spaceflight project.

On October 15th, 23, at 9: Beijing time, Yang Liwei went into space for the first time on the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft carried by the Long March II F rocket, which symbolized a big step forward for China's space industry and played a milestone role.

5, Tang Hongbo

Tang Hongbo, male, Han nationality, born in October 1975, native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province, party member, with a master's degree. He used to be the captain of a regiment of an Air Force Aviation Division, flying safely for 1159 hours, and was rated as a first-class pilot of the Air Force. Now he is a second-class astronaut of China People's Liberation Army Astronaut Brigade, with the rank of senior colonel.

In May p>216, he was selected as a backup astronaut for the Shenzhou XI mission.

On June 17th, 221, the Long March II F-12 carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou XII manned spacecraft was launched at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.