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'''Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky''' ({{lang-rus|Константин Эдуардович Циолковский|p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɪdʊˈardəvʲɪtɕ tsɨɐlˈkofskʲɪj|a=Ru-Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.oga}}; {{OldStyleDate|17 September|1857|5 September}} – 19 September 1935)<ref name="brit">{{Britannica|607781|Konstantin Tsiolkovsky|Mikhail S. Arlazorov}}</ref> was a Russian and Soviet [[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]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nmspacemuseum.org/inductee/konstantin-e-tsiolkovsky/ |title= International Space Hall of Fame: New Mexico Museum of Space History: Inductee Profile|website= www.nmspacemuseum.org|access-date= 10 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/tsiolkovsky.htm |title= Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky |publisher= Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science Technology, and Research (ALLSTAR) Network |date= 12 March 2004 |access-date= 10 June 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151028040748/http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/tsiolkovsky.htm |archive-date= 28 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Eugene">{{cite journal |last1=Emme |first1=Eugene |title=Part I: Early History Of The Space Age |journal=Aerospace Historian |date=1966 |volume=2 |issue=13 |page=77 |jstor=44524448 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44524448 |access-date=6 January 2024}}</ref> His works later inspired [[Wernher von Braun]] and leading Soviet [[rocket engineering|rocket engineer]]s [[Sergei Korolev]] and [[Valentin Glushko]], who contributed to the success of the [[Soviet space program]].