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TwitterAstronauts may feel a tad apprehensive during a rocket launch, with up to one million gallons of fuel exploding under their seats during take-off.Now they might breathe a little easier after Nasa successfully tested an escape pod that would parachute them to safety should a catastrophe occur.The £30m craft was tested at Nasa’s Wallops Island facility in Virginia yesterday.
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Nasa tests pod that could save future astronauts from catastrophe
July 12th, 2009 
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April 5th, 2009 admin North Korea defied world leaders and United Nations’ resolutions this morning to launch a ballistic missile test.The missile blasted off in the early hours from a coastal site in the north east of the country, prompting immediate condemnation from Britain and the U.S.The U.S. and other nations suspect the launch was a cover for a test of North Korea’s long-range missile techonology.President Barack Obama was woken up with the news it had taken off this morning, during his stay in the Czech republic at the end of his hectic European tour.South Koreans watch the North Korean rocket launch on television.
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