On December 22, 2015, the SpaceX managed to land it for the first time a rocket vertically ashore after an orbital flight. On Friday, April 8, 2016, the company made a feat, managing to land it for the first time a rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.

The firing was performed at Cape Canaveral in Florida and the flight lasted only 10 minutes. The SpaceX mission CRS-8 is not designed only to test the landing at sea. The rocket he carries the Dragon capsule that was placed in orbit on the ISS space stations supply. Why means a rocket; It can be recovered and recycled, reducing the cost of sending.