1896

• 1896.0000 Tsiolkovskii article
  

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  Astronautics: In 1896, Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovskii writes “Exploration of Space by Means of Reactive Apparatus”.

   

   

   

   

   

   

• 1896.1100 Airship Wave
  

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  There was a wave of Airship reports between mid-November 1896 to the end of April 1897, with sporadic earlier sightings of airships.