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(1857– 1935), Russian scientist and inventor, a pioneer in rocket and space research. At the age of nine he lost his hearing almost completely and he studied mostly at home; he worked as a high school mathematics teacher until retiring in 1920. In the mid-1880s Tsiolkovsky began research in aerostatics, publishing articles containing plans for a metal dirigible (1892), an airplane (1894), and a spaceship (1903). During the 1920s he elaborated his theory of multistage rockets and of the flight of jet engines. He was made (1918) a member of the Soviet Academy. Among his books are Dreams of Earth and Sky (1895) and A Rocket into Cosmic Space (1903), in which he proposed the use of liquid propellants for spaceships. A crater on the moon's far side is named after him.
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TSIOLKOVSKY, Konstantin Eduardovich
TSIOLKOVSKY, Konstantin Eduardovich. (1857– 1935), Russian scientist and inventor, a pioneer in rocket and space research. In the mid-1880s Tsiolkovsky began research in aerostatics, publishing articles . . .
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In December 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who was chosen to succeed Konstantin Chernenko, traveled to the U.S. to speak at the United Nations and meet with outgoing President Ronald Reagan and President-elect George Bush.
