Qian Xuesen 1934 graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University. After graduation, he was admitted to Tsinghua University as a public school student. 1936 studied in Theodore von Kármán, California Institute of Technology, after obtaining a master's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1939 received his doctorate from California Institute of Technology. He was awarded the rank of Colonel in the Air Force of the United States Army for his great contribution to aerodynamic research. From 65438 to 0949, he became a professor at California Institute of Technology, and became the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of California Institute of Technology, leading the research of American space rockets. 1955 10 returned to China, and the specific process of his return to China was full of controversy. China officially claimed that Qian Xuesen returned to China voluntarily, but according to data from the United States, Qian Xuesen was deported from the United States because he was wrongly suspected of participating in * * * production activities. From 65438 to 0956, Qian Xuesen began to build the China Rocket and Missile Research Institute, and served as the president of the Institute (the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense) to guide the planning and coordination technology. 1958 began the development of space launch vehicles; 1960, the short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Dongfeng-1 was successfully launched; 1965, the satellite project started; 1970, the first artificial satellite, Dongfanghong-1, was successfully launched. It has made great contributions to China's rocket orbit construction and space industry. 199 1 was awarded the title of "National Outstanding Contribution Scientist" and the first-class English Model Medal by the State Council of China and the Central Military Commission. 1September, 1999, together with 23 people including Qian Sanqiang and Deng Jiaxian, won the medal of "two bombs and one satellite". So choose C.