To support the launch of satellites and the work of astrodynamics, the CAS Institute of Biophysics has worked with its partners to successfully send five rockets into space to undertake relevant biological research work, laying a solid foundation for the development of the Chinese manned space program. The institute was consequently honored at the National Science Conference in 1978.

China launches a biological sounding rocket into space. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn]

A dog returns to Earth from a space mission. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn]

An inscription written by Wang Xiji, a CAS academician and recipient of the Two Bombs, One Satellite Achievement Medal [Photo/ibp.cas.cn]