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Read the text and fill in the QUICK FACTS chart
Full name
Date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy)
Disability
Higher education
Job
Sphere of interests
Main publication 1
Main publication 2
Main publication 3
Main publication 4
Main publication 5
Philosophy
Date of death (dd/mm/yyyy)
Place of death
    
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Mark the following statements as True or False.
1)Tsiolkovsky is the pioneer of space exploration.
2)He was the only child in the family.
3)He received a profound formal education.
4)He became partially deaf as a result of the illness.
5)When in Moscow he was influenced both by the Russian philosopher and the French writer.
6)When he was reading Verne’s novel he was trying to assess the ideas from the point of view of their applicability.
7)Tsiolkovsky was studying at the higher educational institution to become a teacher.
8)Tsiolkovsky was qualified as a teacher of mathematics and physics.
9)He investigated the effects of high gravity on the physiology of the living organisms.
10)He investigated the effects of high gravity on the physiology of the living organisms.
11)In his theoretical wok “Free Space” he investigated the properties of matter.
12)Tsiolkovsky is credited with designing the very first spaceship and the main principles of its operation in the space.
13)It was in the paper published in Scientific Review magazine where he put forward the formula that showed the relation between the mass of a rocker and the speed of its exhaust gases.
14)The chemical rocked propellant suggested by Tsiolkovsky is now used on the space shuttles.
15)While doing his research he built a rocket engine to test his ideas.
16)The Plan of Space Exploration outlined the main steps for the mankind to develop the space technology.
17)The idea of launching multi-stage rockets belongs to Tsiolkovsky.
18)The idea of weightlessness was thoroughly covered and investigated by Tsiolkovsky in his works.
19)Tsiolkovsky’s contribution in the practical space exploration is largely exaggerated.
20)His works began to be published and popularized only after his death.
    
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What do these figures refer to?
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1865
16
10
1879
1883
1956
1895
1903
1926
78
1935
 
  1. his theoretical paper "Free Space" was finished
  2. he suggested the 16-step plan for the human space exploration
  3. the age when he got ill which resulted in his partial deafness
  4. he got the teacher’s certificate
  5. his paper "Free Space" was published
  6. he went to Moscow at that age
  7. the year of his death
  8. the year when the work which discusses the idea of rocket space exploration was published
  9. the number of children in his parents’ family
  10. Jules Verne’s book "From the Earth to the Moon" was published
  11. the age at which he died
  12. his science fiction novel about asteroid mining and orbital stations was published
    
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