The First Ever Crewed Rocket Flight. In 1632, the first ever crewed rocket flight performed by Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, who was an Ottoman scientist, engineer and aviato [827x1020 - 203KB]

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The First Ever Crewed Rocket Flight. In 1632, the first ever crewed rocket flight performed by Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, who was an Ottoman scientist, engineer and aviato [827x1020 - 203KB] (pic8.co)

Evliya Çelebi reported that in 1633, Lagari Hasan Çelebi blasted off from Sarayburnu in a 7-winged rocket propelled by 50 okka (140 lbs) of gunpowder.

The flight was said to have been undertaken at the time of the birth of Sultan Murad IV's daughter. As Evliya Çelebi wrote, Lagari proclaimed before launching his craft "O my sultan! Be blessed, I am going to talk to Jesus!"; after ascending in the rocket, he landed in the sea, swimming ashore and joking "O my sultan! Jesus sends his regards to you!";

he was rewarded by the Sultan with silver and the rank of sipahi in the Ottoman army.

> Evliya Çelebi reported that in 1633, Lagari Hasan Çelebi blasted off from Sarayburnu in a 7-winged rocket propelled by 50 okka (140 lbs) of gunpowder. > The flight was said to have been undertaken at the time of the birth of Sultan Murad IV's daughter. As Evliya Çelebi wrote, Lagari proclaimed before launching his craft "O my sultan! Be blessed, I am going to talk to Jesus!"; after ascending in the rocket, he landed in the sea, swimming ashore and joking "O my sultan! Jesus sends his regards to you!"; > he was rewarded by the Sultan with silver and the rank of sipahi in the Ottoman army.

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