Editing Rocket (section)

===Rescue===
[[File:Apollo Pad Abort Test -2.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Apollo LES [[pad abort test]] with [[Boilerplate (spaceflight)|boilerplate]] crew module]]
Rockets were used to propel a line to a stricken ship so that a [[Breeches buoy]] can be used to [[rescue]] those on board. Rockets are also used to launch [[flare|emergency flare]]s.

Some crewed rockets, notably the [[Saturn V]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apollosaturn.com/asnr/escape.htm |title=Apollo launch escape subsystem |publisher=ApolloSaturn |access-date=2012-12-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716192337/http://www.apollosaturn.com/asnr/escape.htm |archive-date=2012-07-16 }}</ref> and [[Soyuz (rocket)|Soyuz]],<ref name=soyuzt>{{cite web |url=http://www.astronautix.com/flights/soyzt101.htm |title=Soyuz T-10-1 'Launch vehicle blew up on pad at Tyuratam; crew saved by abort system' |publisher=Astronautix.com |access-date=2012-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805134401/http://astronautix.com/flights/soyzt101.htm |archive-date=2014-08-05 }}</ref> have [[launch escape system]]s. This is a small, usually solid rocket that is capable of pulling the crewed capsule away from the main vehicle towards safety at a moments notice. These types of systems have been operated several times, both in testing and in flight, and operated correctly each time.

This was the case when the [[Launch escape system|Safety Assurance System]] (Soviet nomenclature) successfully pulled away the L3 capsule during three of the four failed launches of the Soviet Moon rocket, [[N1 (rocket)|N1]] vehicles [[N1 (rocket)#Launch history|3L, 5L and 7L]]. In all three cases the capsule, albeit uncrewed, was saved from destruction. Only the three aforementioned N1 rockets had functional Safety Assurance Systems. The outstanding vehicle, [[N1 (rocket)#Launch history|6L]], had dummy upper stages and therefore no escape system giving the N1 booster a 100% success rate for egress from a failed launch.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wade|first1=Mark|title=N1 Manned Lunar Launch Vehicle|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/n1.htm|website=astronautix.com|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=24 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221044312/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/n1.htm|archive-date=21 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wade |first1=Mark |title=N1 5L launch – 1969.07.03 |url=http://www.astronautix.com/details/n15h5170.htm |website=astronautix.com |publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica |access-date=24 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727072221/http://www.astronautix.com/details/n15h5170.htm |archive-date=27 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Harvey|first1=Brian|title=Soviet and Russian lunar exploration|date=2007|publisher=Springer|location=Berlin|isbn=978-0-387-73976-2|page=226|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nVeY7vMCtOkC&pg=PA226}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=N1 (vehicle 5L) moon rocket Test – launch abort system activated|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyoBHBOnscY&noredirect=1|website=YouTube|publisher=2015 YouTube, LLC|access-date=12 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517160815/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyoBHBOnscY&noredirect=1|archive-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>

A successful escape of a crewed capsule occurred when [[Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L|Soyuz T-10]], on a mission to the [[Salyut 7]] [[space station]], exploded on the pad.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wade|first1=Mark|title=Soyuz T-10-1|url=http://www.astronautix.com/flights/soyzt101.htm|website=astronautix.com|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=24 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805134401/http://astronautix.com/flights/soyzt101.htm|archive-date=5 August 2014}}</ref>

Solid rocket propelled [[ejection seat]]s are used in many military aircraft to propel crew away to safety from a vehicle when flight control is lost.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bonsor |first=Kevin |url=http://science.howstuffworks.com/ejection-seat1.htm |title=Howstuff works ejection seats |publisher=Science.howstuffworks.com |date=2001-06-27 |access-date=2012-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406173354/http://science.howstuffworks.com/ejection-seat1.htm |archive-date=2010-04-06 }}</ref>
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