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This 360-degree video of SpaceX's historic rocket landing lets you watch from the deck of its drone ship

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Earlier this month, SpaceX successfully landed the first stage of a giant rocket on a robotic barge at sea.

It looked pretty damn impressive from a spotter plane:

And it looked even cooler in photos from the ship, called "Of Course I Still Love You."

But on Friday, April 29, the aerospace company — owned by tech entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk — tweeted out an unbelievably cool 360-degree YouTube video of the history making feat.

Before you start playing the video, embedded below, crank up the volume. And while it's playing, make sure to click or touch the screen and drag it around — and look up!

That's history roaring right toward your face.

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Dave Mosher reported news and features stories about science and technology for Insider, with human and robotic spaceflight as the primary focus of his multimedia storytelling. Mosher joined Insider in April 2015 as a deputy editor to help launch Tech Insider and manage its science desk. He left the company in February 2021. Prior to being an Insider, Mosher directed Popular Science's website, was a Wired contributor, and worked for or with Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, Discover, Space.com, National Geographic NewsDiscovery Channel, Nature, Science, and other media outlets.