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I don't understand one stuff, did the booster land on a drone ship or it just crashed into water ?

At the end of the video feed for the booster, it looks like there is a huge fire and everything is destroyed, but the crowd is cheering

Drone ship was never the plan for this launch. They simulated a soft landing over the Indian ocean, which appeared to go relatively well.

Correction: Gulf of Mexico for the booster. Indian Ocean for the upper stage.

It slowed down sufficiently and hovered for a moment before splashing down. That was the point of the test.

In the future they'll try catching it.