After a number of failed attempts, Elon Musk‘s commercial spaceflight company, SpaceX landed Falcon 9 rocket vertically on a drone ship in the middle of the ocean in its fifth try. SpaceX finally pulled off the dramatic feat Friday afternoon in its first launch to resupply the International Space Station since its rocket exploded last year.

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SpaceX Landed Falcon 9 Rocket in the Middle of the Ocean

The Falcon 9 rocket took off with a Dragon cargo capsule at 4.43pm ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida, under clear conditions.

SpaceX employees gathered around the company’s Mission Control in Hawthorne, California, cheered wildly and chanted “USA” after the booster touched down on the barge off the coast of Cape Canaveral.

The private spaceflight company, which has shuttled cargo to the International Space Station and satellites into orbit since 2012, set off to deliver 7,000lb of supplies.

And then after eight minutes and 35 seconds SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into space, the first stage booster came back to Earth and successfully landed Falcon 9 rocket vertically on a floating barge,named “Of Course I Still Love You,”, in the Atlantic Ocean.

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