Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Russian father of rocketry ... His manuscript included the equation now named for the scientist. Tsiolkovsky's formula provides the mathematical relationship between ...

That’s how generations of Russians knew Konstantin Tsiolkovsky—a visionary thinker, standing at the very foundation of their country’s pioneering exploration of space. During my school days ...

On December 5, the Russian Center of Trans-Dniester Shevchenko State University hosted the roundtable “Russian Genius of Cosmonautics – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky” (dedicated to his 155th anniversary). Ph ...

which was named for the scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky who formulated the rocket equation. The image focuses on the crater's towering, prominent central peak, which rises over 10,500 feet (3200 ...

Yury Gagarin said that during his flight he had been able to see how precise Tsiolkovsky’s conclusions on all the factors of space flight were. 155 years ago, on September 17, Konstantin ...

Bearded, profoundly deaf and somewhat eccentric, Tsiolkovsky's theoretical work means he is, for many, the "father of space travel". He died in 1935, and so never saw his research come to fruition.

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) never finished high school, but he had dreams of flights to space. In his little wooden house in the outskirts of Kaluga he created his own models and tin ...