The Economic Times

Meet Yan Hongsen, the 11-year-old Chinese boy who wrote 600 lines of code, built a rocket and became known as Rocket Boy

An 11-year-old boy named Yan Hongsen gained attention for his rocket projects in 2024. He taught himself programming, physics, and chemistry to build rockets and code systems. Yan began building his first rocket, Sen Xing, in August 2022 and launched it in June 2023. His initial rocket launch unfortunately ended in a crash due to a parachute issue.