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by 082349872349872 2079 days ago
Yes, I believe he's on the left in the pantheon: https://earth.google.com/web/@29.56025315,-95.08501348,28.52... but the english wikipedia article talks mostly about those of his ideas which had substantial impact, and doesn't mention his more science-fictional manifestos.

(My guesses: Циолковский, Королёв, Гагарин, ??)

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I believe the last photo is Alexey Leonov possibly with Pavel Belyaev (not really sure), of the Voskhod 2 mission. Leonov was the first person to do a spacewalk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Leonov

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Belyayev (some interesting tidbits about the Voskhod 2 mission there)