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  1. Among his works are designs for rockets with steering thrusters, multistage boosters, space stations, airlocks for exiting a spaceship into the vacuum of space, and closed-cycle biological systems to provide food and oxygen for space colonies . Tsiolkovsky's first scientific study dates back to 1880–1881.

  2. Feb 27, 2013 · Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Russian father of rocketry, was a self-educated man, but he developed insights into space travel and rocket science that are still in use over a hundred years...

  3. Apr 12, 2024 · Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian research scientist in aeronautics and astronautics who pioneered rocket and space research and the development and use of wind tunnels for aerodynamic studies. He was also among the first to work out the theoretical problems of rocket travel in space.

  4. Applicability. The rocket equation captures the essentials of rocket flight physics in a single short equation. It also holds true for rocket-like reaction vehicles whenever the effective exhaust velocity is constant, and can be summed or integrated when the effective exhaust velocity varies.

  5. Jul 9, 2018 · Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky (September 17, 1857 – September 19, 1935) was a scientist, mathematician, and theoretician whose work became the basis for the development of rocket science in the Soviet Union. During his lifetime, he speculated about the possibility of sending people into space.

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  7. Oct 4, 2017 · Space. Moon and Mars. How a Russian Scientist's Sci-Fi Genius Made Sputnik Possible. Sputnik, the first satellite to reach space, launched 60 years ago today. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky made it...

  8. Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Konstantin Tsiolkovsky) (17 September [O.S. 5 September] 1857 – 19 September 1935) was an Imperial Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory. Along with his followers the German Hermann Oberth and the American Robert H. Goddard, he is considered to be one of the founding ...

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