CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Shortly after the launch of the SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, it successfully landed a rocket stage on an ocean platform for the first time time.
SpaceX employees gathered around the company's Mission Control in Hawthorne, California, cheered wildly and chanted "U.S.A." after the booster touched down on the barge off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday.
The aerospace manufacturer has attempted an ocean landing four times, each ending in a failure according to The Verge.
This is SpaceX's first shipment for the International Space Station in a year. A launch accident halted cargo flights last June.
SpaceX is delivering the first inflatable room ever built for astronauts and should reach the space station Sunday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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