Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Russian father of rocketry ... 19, 1935 at the age of 78. Quotes by Tsiolkovsky "The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever." ...

Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky conceived of many of today’s advances in aeronautics at a time when they could only be considered science fiction. Tsiolkovsky had the idea to extend a ...

The great-grandson of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the “father” of Russian cosmonautics, Samburov (pronounced sam-BUR-off) is the president of the Tsiolkovsky Fund in Moscow, a group that educates ...

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) suggested that, by 2017, war and conflict would be eliminated by a world government. He also proposed this as the year humanity would acquire the technology to ...

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was best known for two things: his enormous ear trumpet (used to counter deafness caused by scarlet fever) and his visionary ideas about rocketry and space travel.