Wang Yongzhi | |||||||
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王永志 | |||||||
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| Born | (1932-11-17)17 November 1932 | ||||||
| Died | 11 June 2024(2024-06-11) (aged 91) | ||||||
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University Moscow Aviation Institute | ||||||
| Awards | Highest Science and Technology Award (2003) | ||||||
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| Fields | Space technology | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 王永志 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王永誌 | ||||||
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Wang Yongzhi (Chinese:王永志; 17 November 1932 – 11 June 2024) was a Chineseaerospace scientist andacademician at theChinese Academy of Engineering and a commissioner of the 11thNational People's Political Consultative Conference.[1] He is notable for serving as the general architect and designer of China'sShenzhou program from 1992 to 2006 overseeing the first sixShenzhou missions. In 2003, he was awarded the nation's highest scientific and technological prize,State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, byPresidentHu Jintao. Wang Yongzhi graduated fromMoscow Aviation Institute in 1961. Wang died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 91.[2]
Wang was posthumously bestowed theMedal of the Republic, the highest honorary medal of the People's Republic of China, in September 2024.[3]
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