A largely self-taught Russian schoolteacher and theorist regarded as one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. He derived the rocket equation relating a rocket's velocity to its exhaust speed and mass ratio, and wrote about multistage rockets and space stations decades before either was built.
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Defining ContributionDerived the rocket equation and theorized multistage rockets and space stations 1 Notable WorkThe Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices (1903), the paper deriving the rocket equation 2 Connections
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Tsiolkovsky derived the rocket equation governing orbital and escape velocity, the founding result of orbital mechanics as applied to spaceflight.
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The equation is named for Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who derived it in 1903.
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Wikimedia FoundationKonstantin Tsiolkovsky, Wikipedia - infobox (born)
17 September 1857
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Wikipedia - Scientific achievements section
delta-v = ve ln(m0/mf)
Associated With: Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation, Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, History section
usually credited to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who derived and published the formula in 1903
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Wikipedia - infobox (died)
19 September 1935
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Wikipedia - infobox (full name)
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
- Associated With: Orbital Mechanics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, lead section
In Group: Russian and Soviet Rocketry Pioneers, Lead sentence
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (; Russian: Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский Russian pronunciation: [kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɪdʊˈardəvʲɪtɕ tsɨɐlˈkofskʲɪj] ; 17 September [O.S.
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