The landing wasn't quite right, but it sure was close enough to be considered a minor victory.
After launching a Dragon cargo mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, SpaceX made a second attempt to return the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket and land it on a drone ship off the coast of Florida.
While the rocket didn't survive the landing, it was this close to sticking it, per the new footage.
The rocket made it to the drone ship, but then it toppled and exploded.
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That last part is something that we didn't get to see in the Vine version that SpaceX released on Tuesday evening.