Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was a pioneering Russian rocket scientist and visionary of astronautics whose theoretical work laid the foundations for modern spaceflight.

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instanceOf human
inventor
mathematician
philosopher of spaceflight
physicist
rocket scientist
science fiction writer
birthDate 1857-09-17
birthPlace Izhevskoye, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire
causeOfDeath stomach cancer
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
deathDate 1935-09-19
deathPlace Kaluga Oblast
surface form: Kaluga, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
developed Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
familyName Konstantin Tsiolkovsky self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tsiolkovsky
fieldOfWork astronautics
rocket propulsion
spaceflight theory
formulated mathematical theory of rocketry
fullName Konstantin Tsiolkovsky self-linksurface differs
surface form: Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
givenName Konstantin
hasAsteroidNamedAfter 1590 Tsiolkovskaja
hasLunarCraterNamedAfter Tsiolkovskiy
honorificTitle father of astronautics
father of rocketry
influenced Friedrich Zander NERFINISHED
Sergei Korolev
Soviet space program
knownFor Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
concept of multistage rockets
concept of space colonization
concept of space stations
pioneering astronautics
theoretical foundations of spaceflight
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
movement Russian cosmism
nativeName Konstantin Tsiolkovsky self-linksurface differs
surface form: Константин Эдуардович Циолковский
notableWork The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices
occupation rocket scientist
science fiction author
teacher
theoretical physicist
proposed closed-cycle life support systems
multistage rockets for spaceflight
orbital space stations
space suits for extravehicular activity
use of liquid propellants for rockets
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1903
residence Kaluga NERFINISHED

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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky familyName Konstantin Tsiolkovsky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky fullName Konstantin Tsiolkovsky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
Sergei Korolev influencedBy Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky nativeName Konstantin Tsiolkovsky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Константин Эдуардович Циолковский