If someone could update the thumbnail to the actual landing of stage 1 it would be much appreciated.

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@eric3579 - Thanks for the thumbnail... updated.

Looks like Spacex updated the video after I posted it hence the time change.

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Pfft. Missed the bullseye. Send it back up and try again.

IKR, amateurs.

Watching this live was awesome. NASA has some good footage of the launch and landing here.

If I didn't know better, I'd say they are playing the take-off footage in reverse so to make it look like a landing

Why do they land on water?

Two reasons - firstly and most importantly it would take too much fuel to return to the landing site from this mission's trajectory, and secondly using the barge “Of Course I Still Love You” means that they aren't risking the lives of their staff or the buildings around the launch facility. They actually discuss this in the video at one point.

The barge itself is pretty complicated too, using GPS and some nifty thrusters to stay within 3m of the intended landing site - http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/spacexs-landing-drone-ship-is-just-as-complicated-as-th-1769987148

Dragon capture was successful too this morning.
some highlights (Nasa): https://youtu.be/PbXKCUH6h28