Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
(Russian:Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский;IPA:[kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɪdʊˈardəvʲɪtɕ tsɨɐlˈkofskʲɪj];
Polish:Konstanty Ciołkowski;
17 September[O.S. 5 September]1857–19 September 1935)
was a Russian and Sovietrocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory, of Polish, Russian, and Tatar descent. Along with his followers, the German Hermann Oberth and the American Robert H. Goddard, he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. His works later inspired leading Soviet rocket engineers such as Sergei Korolev and Valentin Glushko and contributed to the success of the Soviet space program.
Tsiolkovsky spent most of his life in a log house on the outskirts of Kaluga, about 200km (120mi) southwest of Moscow. A recluse by nature, he appeared strange and bizarre to his fellow townsfolk.
Early life
He was born in Izhevskoye (now in Spassky District, Ryazan Oblast), in the Russian Empire, to a middle-class family. His father, Edward Tsiolkovsky (in Polish:Ciołkowski), was Polish; his mother, Maria Yumasheva, was of Tatar origin. His father was successively a forester, teacher, and minor government official. At the age of 10, Konstantin caught scarlet fever and became hard of hearing. When he was 13, his mother died. He was not admitted to elementary schools because of his hearing problem, so he was self-taught. As a reclusive home-schooled child, he passed much of his time by reading books and became interested in mathematics and physics. As a teenager, he began to contemplate the possibility of space travel.
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a pioneer of astronautics and spaceflight, once said Earth is the cradle of humanity, but that one cannot live in the cradle forever ... It is also a highlight among decades of global lunar exploration efforts ... ■. Xinhua Commentary.
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