SpaceX has been landing the first stage of its workhorse Falcon 9 booster since 2015, and the sight of the vehicle coming in for an upright touchdown, engines blazing , never gets old.

Most of the landings take place on a droneship waiting in the ocean, though occasionally SpaceX also lands the booster back near the launch site. Recommended Videos

Earlier this week, the Elon Musk-led spaceflight company launched and landed a Falcon 9 booster — B1067 — for a record 32nd time, highlighting SpaceX’s ability to reuse its rockets.

But after the engines fall silent and the livestream ends, the booster becomes little more than an odd-shaped piece of cargo bobbing up and down on the waves, ahead of it a mundane voyage back to base.

A new video posted by NASASpaceFlight’s Elisar Priel show

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