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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Konstanty Ciołkowski), (Константин Эдуардович Циолковский; September 5, 1857 new style – September 19, 1935) was a Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of cosmonautics who spent most of his life in a log-house at the outskirts of the Russian town of Kaluga. |
 | | He was also an adherent of philosopher Nikolai Fyodorov, and believed that colonizing space would lead to the perfection of the human race, with immortality and a carefree existence. |
 | | Tsiolkovsky died on September 19, 1935 in Kaluga, Russia and was buried in state. |
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