Watch a fiery, close-up view of Blue Origin's launch test
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of space company Blue Origin, shared a key moment from Wednesday's safety test.
The video, captured during a live webcast of the New Shepard rocket launch, shows the crew capsule blasting away from the rocket's booster.
The in-flight escape test was designed to make sure the crew capsule could successfully separate from the booster, should the booster encounter safety problems during liftoff.
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Bezos, who is also CEO of Amazon.com, had previously said he expected the test would destroy the booster, which had already survived four earlier flights.
Instead, the booster survived after shooting 240,000 feet up in the air. It landed near the crew capsule, which safely floated to the ground with the aid of three parachutes.
The New Shepard booster and capsule will be retired following Wednesday's test and possibly stored in a museum, Blue Origin said.
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Maria Gallucci was a Science Reporter at Mashable. She was previously the energy and environment reporter at International Business Times; features editor of Makeshift magazine; clean economy reporter for InsideClimate News; and a correspondent in Mexico City until 2011. Maria holds degrees in journalism and Spanish from Ohio University's Honors Tutorial College.
