Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) professors Tao Ran and Cui Pingyuan received the Qian Xuesen Outstanding Contribution Award at the China Aerospace Conference in Shanghai on April 24.

Also at the conference, which was held on China's 10th Space Day, BIT alumni, including Wan Feng, Sun Hanwei, Zhang Jiao and Cai Shanjun, were presented with the Aerospace Contribution Award.

To date, the Qian Xuesen Outstanding Contribution Award has been delivered to a total of 18 scientific and technological workers who have made outstanding contributions in basic scientific research, key technology breakthroughs, major project implementation, and scientific popularization in the aerospace field.

Over the years, batch after batch of BIT people have maintained their original aspirations to aerospace industry, and BIT has written a wonderful chapter in serving the construction of a strong aerospace nation.

In 2024, BIT proposed the building of a "Knowledge-Resource-Operation-Construction" platform system on the lunar surface and a "three-station integrated" lunar scientific exploration project.

The "China's Compound Eye", led by BIT, is China's first large-scale distributed aperture deep space exploration radar.

To commemorate BIT's development of China's first large astronomical instrument and its contribution to the preliminary research of the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the asteroid 1997 GQ27 with permanent number 9442 is named as "Beiligong" (BIT).

BIT's microwave radar technology plays a crucial role in the successful completion of manned space missions, specifically in the area of space rendezvous and docking.

The astronauts successfully complete the first international on-orbit test of a space station pipeline inspection robot at the Chinese space station, which is developed under the leadership of BIT.

BIT completes the construction of a manned space culture exhibition hall and opens it to the public. This is the first space image-themed exhibition space in China dedicated to the Chinese space station.

BIT has always shouldered the mission of building a strong aerospace nation, and forged ahead in the great journey of space exploration. In the future, the university will continue to strive forward in the development of the aerospace industry.