Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard, he is one of the pioneers of space flight and the foundin
Tsiolkovsky in 1924
Tsiolkovsky's family (1908)
A draft first space ship by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, 1883
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky with his steel dirigibles in his garden, 1913
Hermann Oberth
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Hermann Julius Oberth was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent. Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and received the War Merit Cross in 19
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
…Циолко́вский, IPA: ; 17 September [O.S. 5 September] 1857 – 19 September 1935) was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard, he is one of the pioneers of space flight and the founding father of modern rocketry and astronautics. His works later inspired…
Oberth in the 1950s
Hermann Oberth as a young boy, c. 1901
Portrait of Hermann Oberth, before 1930
Informal group photograph of leading members of the VfR, including Oberth and von Braun, August 5, 1930