The latest attempt by SpaceX to recover one of its rockets by landing it on a platform in the ocean failed in a ball of fire on Sunday.

Shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday, SpaceX launched one of its two-stage Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The second stage of the rocket separated and successfully carried an ocean-monitoring satellite, Jason-3, into low-earth orbit.

The first stage then reversed direction and returned to earth. It appeared to descend on target atop the floating barge in the Pacific, but a problem with one of its four legs sent it toppling over.