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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard, he is one of the pioneers of space flight and the founding father of modern rocketry and astronautics.
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science · Russian scientist (1857–1935) · military flight engineer · mathematician · inventor · writer · science fiction writer · physicist · philosopher · astronomer · scientist · cosmologist · also Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
Born 5 September 1857 · Died 19 September 1935 · Q41239
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2017· 1 entry
RBTH: 5 of the most important discoveries by the 'Russian Leonardo da Vinci', Tsiolkovsky
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2002· 1 entry
Smithsonian Magazine: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Slept Here
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1989· 1 entry
Tsiolkovsky was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1976).
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1966· 1 entry
“The Path to the Stars (Путь к звездам)”
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1964· 2 entries
The Monument to the Conquerors of Space was erected to celebrate the achievements of the Soviet people in space exploration
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Decided to compete with the American Project Apollo for the Moon
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1960· 1 entry
“The Call of the Cosmos (Зов Космоса)”
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1954· 1 entry
In the second volume of Tsiolkovsky`s Collected Works, (PDF), English
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1935· 1 entry
Died 1935-09-19.
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1933· 4 entries
“Creatures of Higher Levels of Development than Humans”
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“. Works Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin E., “Citizens of the Universe”
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“Planets are Inhabited by Living Creatures”
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Explicitly formulated what was later to be known as the Fermi paradox
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1932· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1932).
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1929· 1 entry
Tsiolkovsky proposed the construction of multistage rockets in his book Space Rocket Trains (Russian: Космические ракетные поезда)
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1928· 1 entry
Tsiolkovsky wrote a book called The Will of the Universe: The Unknown Intelligence, in which he propounded a philosophy of panpsychism
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1927· 2 entries
Published the theory and design of a train on an air cushion
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Entitled "Air Resistance and the Express Train" (Russian: Сопротивление воздуха и скорый по́езд)
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1914· 1 entry
Displayed his models of all-metal dirigibles at the Aeronautics Congress in St
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1911· 3 entries
His daughter Lyubov was arrested for engaging in revolutionary activities
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Indicated his belief that, “Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever
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Published the second part of the work "Exploration of Outer Space by Means of Rocket Devices"
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1908· 1 entry
Many of his accumulated papers were lost in a flood
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1903· 1 entry
“The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices (Исследование мировых пространств реактивными приборами)”
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1902· 2 entries
Tsiolkovsky's son Ignaty committed suicide
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“Beings of Different Evolutionary Stages of the Universe”
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1900· 1 entry
With a grant from the Academy of Sciences, he made a survey using models of the simplest shapes and determined the drag coefficients of the sphere, flat plates, cylinders, cones, and other bodies
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1897· 1 entry
Built the first Russian wind tunnel with an open test section and developed a method of experimentation using it
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1896· 1 entry
Tsiolkovsky systematically studied the theory of motion of rocket apparatus
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1895· 1 entry
By the newly constructed Eiffel Tower in Paris
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1894· 1 entry
“An Airplane or a Birdlike (Aircraft) Flying Machine”
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1892· 3 entries
Was transferred to a new teaching post in Kaluga where he continued to experiment
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“A Controllable Metallic Balloon”
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Turned to the new and unexplored field of heavier-than-air aircraft
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1857· 1 entry
Born 1857-09-05.
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