Tsiolkovsky

American  

[tsyawl-kawf-skee, -kof-, tsuhl-kawf-skyee] / tsyɔlˈkɔf ski, -ˈkɒf-, tsʌlˈkɔf skyi /

noun

1. Konstantin Eduardovich 1857–1935, Russian inventor and rocket expert.

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Example Sentences

In the Zvezda module, Orthodox icons and pictures of space heroes like Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Gagarin create a sense of belonging and connection to home.

From The Guardian

“We cannot lie in the cradle of Earth forever,” Bao Weimin, a senior director at the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, said on state television recently, paraphrasing a Soviet rocket scientist, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

From New York Times

I’m reading Toynbee’s “A Study of History” and Tsiolkovsky’s “The Will of the Universe,” although the truth is, I am having trouble focusing lately.

From New York Times

He was a fan of Jules Verne’s “From the Earth to the Moon,” and while the idea of traveling in outer space and visiting other worlds was standard science fiction, Tsiolkovsky’s paper was the first to prove it could be accomplished.

From Washington Times

The first known scientific look at the practicality of rockets came in 1903 when Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky published a paper that used a mathematical formula to take the rocket’s mass to its velocity.

From Washington Times