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 structures ...

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 Tsiolkovsky, ...

Rockets had been used on the battlefield for hundreds of years before Konstantin Tsiolkovsky dreamed of the possibility of space flight. But in working out how they could thrust people upwards, above ...

On April 20, as a part of the First in Space campaign, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the monument to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in the town of Borovsk in the Kaluga region. Winners of the First in ...

Today’s aerospace engineers got where they are by standing on the shoulders of giants … plus some weirdos. Read on for some of the many ways people thought we’d be able to travel across the universe.

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 ...

"Russia must “keep the leader’s experience of the manned flights and catch up in other space exploration programs,” Putin said, adding that to achieve this, Russia is already constructing new ...

A 100-year myth in space has finally been confirmed. Could a century old dream be becoming reality? Scientists and researchers alike have always wondered of the possibility of collecting solar energy ...

(MENAFN) A unique theatrical production titled "Elon Musk and Tsiolkovsky," bringing together the modern tech billionaire and the pioneering figure of Soviet space exploration, premiered as a staged ...

That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s rasor, and cause it to ...