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American astronaut Nick Hague talks Soyuz rocket failure

American astronaut Nick Hague who survived a dramatic failure of a Russian rocket says he's lucky the emergency abort system worked. He was one of two people in the capsule. This was the first launch abort of the normally reliable Soyuz rocket in 35 years. It is the only way for U.S. astronauts to get into space. Tony Dokoupil reports.
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