That’s how generations of Russians knew Konstantin Tsiolkovsky—a visionary thinker, standing at the very foundation of their country’s pioneering exploration of space. During my school days ...

The great-grandson of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the “father” of Russian cosmonautics, Samburov (pronounced sam-BUR-off) is the president of the Tsiolkovsky Fund in Moscow, a group that educates ...

The sci-fi play centers on a meeting between the SpaceX CEO and Soviet pioneer of astronautics Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Read ...

The space elevator idea dates back to 1895, when Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky imagined a giant ladder reaching from Earth to space. A satellite in geostationary orbit, 36,000 km above ...