A SpaceX rocket booster was supported by a crane while being prepared for transport via truck. SpaceX launched a payload into orbit from Vandenberg AFB, the booster or first stage was recovered when the booster rocket landed itself on a special barge called an “autonomous spaceport drone ship”. The barge named Just Read the Instructions was located off the coast of Baja California for the recovery. The barge, with the rocket firmly latched to it, was then towed back to San Pedro where the booster stage is prepared for transport by truck to a SpaceX facility for reuse.
