Jeff Bezos takes a tumble after Blue Origin landing — fans joke they thought he could "understand gravity"

Jeff Bezos tripped and fell face-first when Blue Origin's all-female space mission landed. Amazon's founder was hurrying to meet his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez. She was among the crew on board the New Shepard spacecraft. As he walked around the landed vessel, Bezos stumbled onto the Texas desert.

The livestream caught Jeff Bezos sprinting towards the capsule after it landed safely back on Earth. It had just come back from an 11-minute journey to space.

In his enthusiasm, Bezos failed to notice a ditch in the ground and tripped, landing face-first.

He stood up immediately, brushed himself off, and opened the capsule door to greet his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, and the other crew members.

The internet, as expected, did not let this slide without a few roasts and jokes here and there. It's one of those situations where someone collapses in front of you, but you simply giggle. While you may feel a little wicked on the inside, a good laugh doesn't hurt anyone.

This time, it happened to be Jeff Bezos. Viewers, even if they probably didn't want to, shared a few chuckles.

The level of humor in the scenario was tremendous. Netizens are enjoying every second of it, from users making fun of his enthusiasm levels to commenting that, of all the people, he should be the one who understands the gravity the most.

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Jeff Bezos falls flat trying to greet Lauren Sánchez post-spaceflight, and users can’t stop laughing

Users joked that Jeff Bezos, of all individuals, would now know about gravity. Others had a good laugh, declaring it as if he were performing a hurried plank or leaning down for a few push-ups.

A user @quadfl joked:

"You’d think Bezos of all people would understand gravity."

Another user, @Sentdex, added on the fun:

"nah he did a quick plank."

A user, @DenifLewesa, went on to say:

"I would have started doing push ups."

At the same time, some users humorously claimed that Bezos fell because he was surprised they made it back. This was after internet users had raised concerns that something might go wrong with the mission.

While there were a few users who wished the fall was in HD, other users laughed that his random fall somehow stole the show from the whole event.

A user @BowTiedYukon sarcastically remarked:

"Poor guy was more surprised than anyone it came back."

One user @SinCityStace said:

"I’m upset that this isn’t in high quality footage. Hahaha."

A user @RonSomething1 roasted, saying:

"Pretty much sums up the entire debacle."

Fans are laughing hysterically at the reality that this video will forever be online. Some joked they didn't know billionaires could actually fall—like, on the ground. Others humorously said this was Jeff Bezos's special way of thanking Mother Earth.

A user @AlanaBrenn87708 quipped:

"I love that this can be immortalized."

Meanwhile, a user @Byerocm commented:

"I didn't know billionaires could fall."

A user @BigTwitty12 jokingly said:

"Inject this straight into my veins please."

A user, @ireneee27, said in an ironic manner:

"His way of Thanking Mother Earth 🌎"

The flight departed from Blue Origin's location in West Texas at about 9:30 am ET. The passengers spent roughly four minutes in weightlessness during the flight.

They unbuckled their seatbelts and floated around within the capsule. Subsequently, the capsule returned to Earth safely with parachutes and landed in the desert.

The rocket booster returned independently to the launch site. The entire flight, from beginning to end, took approximately 11 minutes.

This was the 11th Blue Origin people-carrying mission.

This was also the 31st New Shepard flight program, one that is sponsoring space tourism as well as space science.

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