The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sailed into Port Canaveral around noon Wednesday, three days after launching a commercial communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
News 6 partner Florida Today reports the booster is the fourth that SpaceX has landed on a ship that was stationed about 400 miles off shore in the Atlantic Ocean, in addition to two boosters that have landed on land at the Cape.
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The modified barge that the company refers to as an "autonomous spaceport drone ship" arrived at the Port's jetty around noon.
Steel shoes welded around four landing legs kept the 14-story rocket stage from tipping over on the journey home.
A crane will offload the stage from the ship named "Of Course I Still Love You," moving it to a nearby stand where the legs will be removed. Then it will likely be transported to SpaceX's hangar at the base of launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
The entire process could take a couple of days.