SpaceX launch creates glowing jellyfish-shaped plume over eastern US

Summary

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch created a jellyfish-shaped glow across the eastern United States when sunlight illuminated its exhaust, ScienceDaily reports. The mission delivered equipment and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, including research that could advance treatments for blindness, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. This follows earlier reports that a SpaceX CRS-35 launch on Oct. 13 created a similar jellyfish-like cloud, according to Space.com.

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   18 Oct 2026, 03:02 UTCSource ↗

   ScienceDaily reports that a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch produced a jellyfish-shaped glow over the eastern United States and delivered equipment and scientific experiments to the International Space Station.