SpaceX rocket sticks historic first landing on sea platform

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX has resumed space station deliveries for NASA, launching the first inflatable room ever built for astronauts. And in a double triumph, the company also successfully landed its first-stage booster on an ocean platform for the first time.

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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. Previous barge attempts had failed.

WATCH: An on-board camera caught an alternate look at SpaceX successfully landing a rocket on a drone ship.

0:15 Rocket camera captures successful SpaceX landing on drone ship

Reliable reusable rockets will be a major breakthrough in making space travel accessible. Each rocket similar to the one launched Friday costs around $78 million CAD.

READ MORE: What the successful SpaceX launch and landing could mean for future of spaceflight

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This is SpaceX’s first shipment for the International Space Station in a year. A launch accident halted cargo flights last June.

The Dragon and inflatable room should reach the space station Sunday.

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