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Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
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KONSTANTIN EDUARDOVICH TSIOLKOVSKY Space Pioneer |
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Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was born at Izhevskoye,
Russia on September 17th, 1857. Although handicapped at
age ten with a hearing loss, he completed his studies in
mathematics and the sciences at Moscow and won a teaching
post at Kaluga.
Inspired by his fascination with science fiction, he applied his scientific talents to the problems of interplanetary travel and soon evolved from fiction writer to space theoretician. Tsiolkovsky's hypothesis and calculations addressed rocket control , gyroscopic stablization, escape velocities, reactive action and liquid propellants. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is generally considered to be the father of astronautics and rocket dynamics. Entering the world more than one hundred years before Sputnik became the first object rocketed into space, he prepared the way for it and all space exploration which followed. Tsiolkovsky died in 1935. |
| Elected to the International Aerospace Hall of Fame 1989 |
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