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.

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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.

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. Read more...

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