As the rocket climbs higher into the sky, the temperature drops and water vapour freezes quickly, forming ice crystals that trail behind the rocket.

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida early Tuesday morning, creating a “jellyfish cloud” that could be seen well across our area. Send us your

A "jellyfish" in the early-morning sky created by SpaceX's launch of the CRS-35 cargo mission on Oct. 13, 2026.

Whether a SpaceX launch produces a glowing, jellyfish-like plume visible from Raleigh depends on the rocket’s trajectory, launch time

SpaceX (SPCX) is seeking federal approval in the U.S. to expand the operations of its Starship reusable rockets. The company led by Elon Musk proposing as many as

SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight company founded by Elon Musk, plans to deploy 27 more of its Starlink broadband internet satellites to low-Earth orbit – a region closer to Earth's atmosphere. The mission is known as Starlink 15-25.

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, October 13 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-35) mission to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.