Anescape pod,escape capsule,life capsule orlifepod is a capsule or craft, usually only big enough for one person, used to escape from a vessel in an emergency. Anescape ship is a larger, more complete craft also used for the same purpose. Escape pods are ubiquitous inscience fiction but are only used in a few real vehicles.

• Because they were intended to fly too high and fast for safe use of conventionalejection seats, theBell X-2,B-58 Hustler,XB-70 Valkyrie,F-111 andB‑1A Lancer all used enclosedescape crew capsules of some kind.
  • A similar concept OSCAR (Optimum Survival Containment and Recovery), was intended for theVought F-8 Crusader.^[1][2]
• The singlesubmarine of theSoviet "Mike"-class,K-278 Komsomolets had an escape capsule, which was jettisoned upon its sinking in 1989. Other Soviet submarines like theOscar-class are only rumored to have escape capsules. During the sinking of theKursk, the crew was unable to reach it. Also theTyphoon-class is rumored to have escape pods located near or in thesail. Evidence for this can be found in a German documentary on theTyphoon-class submarineSeverstal. TheShishumar class submarine has an IKL-designed integrated escape sphere. The sphere has accommodations for the entire crew with an eight-hour air supply.^[3][4]

Escape pods are frequently depicted as being used by large spacecraft in science fiction, for example theMillennium Falcon inStar Wars, the Axiom inWALL-E, and the vessels ofStarfleet inStar Trek. The 1981 filmLifepod and the1993 TV film of the same name both revolve around such vehicles.

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• Lifeboat – Small boat carried on a ship for emergency evacuation
• Escape crew capsule – Aircraft crew escape system
• Launch escape system – System to get the crew to safety if a rocket launch fails
• Apollo abort modes – Plans for mission abort during an Apollo spacecraft launch
• Space Shuttle abort modes – NASA Space Shuttle safety procedures
• Orion abort modes – Launch abort modes used by the Orion spacecraft
• Soyuz abort modes – Soyuz spacecraft emergency crew rescue systems

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