“Space Jellyfish”: SpaceX Falcon 9 NASA Cargo Launch | International Space Station

“Space Jellyfish”: SpaceX Falcon 9 NASA Cargo Launch | International Space Station

Many of you are talking about the “space jellyfish” following this morning’s launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida. A jellyfish happens near sunrise or sunset when the exhaust plume from the rocket becomes brightly illuminated, creating a glowing shape resembling a jellyfish.

At 6:33 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on October 13, 2026, more than 6,300 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft as part of the company’s 35th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for NASA.

About nine minutes after launch, Dragon separated from the rocket’s second stage, opened its nosecone, and began a carefully choreographed series of thruster firings to reach the space station.

Dragon is scheduled to arrive at the orbiting outpost at approximately 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15.

NASA's Commercial Resupply Services Missions:
https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/commercial-resupply/

Follow Expedition 75:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 75 Crew
Station Commander: Pyotr Dubrov 
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Anna Kikina, Sergey Teteryatnikov

Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Flight Engineer: Joshua Kutryk

NASA Flight Engineers: Anil Menon, Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney 

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credits: NASA's Kennedy Space Center/John Kraus

Date: Oct. 13, 2026

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