Rockets are finicky. Sometimes, when you’d like them to remain in one piece, they rapidly disassemble. When you’re fully expecting them to crash and burn in a glorious fireball, they’re stubborn enough to land safely back on Earth. Surprise! You can watch the latter outcome for yourself in this new highlight reel of yesterday’s big rocket test from Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.

The test, which took place in West Texas, was designed to see if Blue Origin's crew capsule (empty this time) could separate from its New Shepard rocket booster in the middle of a launch, and land safely back on the ground.

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