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SpaceX CEO [[Elon Musk]] first displayed a photograph of the "[[autonomous spaceport drone ship]]" in November 2014. The ship is designed to hold position to within {{convert|3|m|sp=us}}, even under storm conditions.<ref name=musk20141122>{{cite web|last1=Musk|first1=Elon|title=Autonomous spaceport drone ship|url=https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/536262624653365248|publisher=SpaceX|access-date=23 November 2014|date=22 November 2014}}</ref>
On 8 April 2016, the first stage of the rocket that launched the [[SpaceX Dragon|Dragon]] [[SpaceX CRS-8|CRS-8]] spacecraft, successfully landed on the drone ship named ''Of Course I Still Love You,'' the first successful landing of a rocket booster on a floating platform.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/08/spacex-rocket-makes-spectacular-landing-on-drone-ship/ |title=SpaceX Rocket Makes Spectacular Landing on Drone Ship |website=Phenomena |date=8 April 2016 |access-date=10 April 2016}}</ref>
{{asof|2018}}, [[Blue Origin]] is intending to make the first stage boosters of [[New Glenn]] be [[reusable launch vehicle|reusable]], and recover launched boosters downrange on the [[Atlantic Ocean]] via a [[Blue Origin landing platform ship|ship that is underway]] acting as a [[floating landing platform|floating movable landing platform]]. The [[Stabilizer (ship)|hydrodynamically-stabilized]] ship increases the likelihood of successful recovery in [[sea state|rough seas]].<ref name=nsf20180920>
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