In celebration of China’s 4th Space Day, Zhang He, executive director of the Chang’e-4 probe project, was invited to give a lecture at the Ruxin Conference Center of Beihang University on the afternoon of April 20.
The lecture
Before the lecture, seven directors of human resource departments from China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), The 502nd Research Institute of CAST, China Spacesat Co., Ltd., and The 529 Factory of CAST were recruited as business mentors of the School of Astronautics. They were awarded certificates by Song Xiaodong, director of the General Management Office of Graduate School and Ma Jinxi, director of the Office of Admission and Career Development.
Business mentors were issued letters of appointment
Following that, Zhang He delivered a lecture entitled “Looking at the Starry Night, Talking to the Chang’e Lunar Probe”. She first introduced the profile, business breakdown and talent group of CAST. Then, she reviewed some breath-taking moments in the Chang’e-4 mission, giving a professional presentation on the general tasks of Chang’e-4, selection and analysis of the landing site, high precision landing, orbit design of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, relay communication and on-orbit working condition. Taking her own experience as an example, Zhang He showed the growing path of talents in pursuing their astronautics dreams and encouraged students to commit themselves to the field of astronautics, stay true to the original aspiration and be brave to strive for ambitious goals.
Being an alumni of Beihang University, Zhang He was the first batch of students graduating from the School of Astronautics in 1993 and engaged in the study of lunar orbiter technology since then.
After the speech, she was awarded the certificate of honor for delivering a splendid lecture for the “Zhiyuan Lecture Program”.
Zhang He delivering the lecture
Xu Guoqiang, Vice Dean of Graduate School of Beihang University, awarded Zhang He with the certificate
In the dialogue session, the guests and the students exchanged views on topics like space technology & tasks, team cooperation, talent recruitment, career development and commercial spaceflight.
The dialogue session
The event
In an effort to mark China’s 4th Space Day and introduce aerospace culture to the campus, the lecture is one of a series of lectures to provide students with better knowledge of corporate culture and development trends of the space industry, and encourage students to devote themselves to the field. Hosted by the Office of Graduate Student Affairs and organized by the School of Astronautics, the event involves 5 subsidiaries in space industry, attracting an estimated 200 students from 11 schools. By discussing on the objectives, philosophy and ways of talent cultivation in depth, the event lays a basis for the high-level talents cultivation of the time in the field of astronautics.
A group photo
Reported by Zhang Yuhong
Photographed by Wang Jiangning
Reviewed by Miao Jianjun
Edited by Jia Aiping
Translated by Xiong Ting
