The camera, which was supposed to record the rocket’s test launch, instead captured the spacecraft burning up after its engine’s cooling jacket tore open, spilling all of the fuel in a just few seconds.



Copenhagen Suborbitals, which was doing the test, recovered the content from the burned camera and has come up with a fascinating video, the most captivating part of which shows the camera flying through a vortex of fire and water.

Copenhagen Suborbitals is a private company attempting to design “a spacecraft for manned space flight on a micro size spacecraft, and on a micro size budget,” according to its website.



The company said its HEAT-2X engine was damaged in the flames beyond repair and is now an exhibit item in the company’s museum.