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A SpaceX space jellyfish spread across the predawn sky over the Southeast on Oct. 13, after a Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission off the Florida coast and up into sunlight while people on the ground were still in the dark. Liftoff came at 6:33 a.m. EDT on Oct. 13 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The uncrewed Cargo Dragon is hauling more than 6,300 pounds of science, crew supplies and hardware to the International Space Station, including the last set of the station's Roll-Out Solar Arrays, known as iROSAs, which add power for research and day-to-day operations. Experiments on board include work on manufacturing artificial retinas and 3D heart tissue models. The glowing shape is all about timing. When a rocket launches shortly before sunrise or after sunset, it rises into sunlit air high overhead while viewers below remain in shadow. In the thin upper atmosphere, the exhaust balloons outward, and water vapor in it can freeze into ice crystals that scatter light into a bell-shaped cloud with long streamers. Sightings were reported across Florida and Georgia and reportedly as far north as Maryland. The flight also put SpaceX's reuse strategy on display. First-stage booster B1096 flew for the eighth time and landed at Landing Zone 40 near the pad less than eight minutes after liftoff, while Dragon capsule C211 is making its fourth trip. Dragon is scheduled to dock on its own to the space-facing port of the station's Harmony module around 11 a.m. EDT on Oct. 15 and stay about a month before bringing experiments back to Earth. For investors, CRS-35 is another flight under SpaceX's Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, one of the company's longest-running government customers. SpaceX has traded on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX since June 12, after pricing its initial public offering at $135 per share. The stock closed at $163.42 on Oct. 12 and slipped about 4% to near $157 by late morning on Oct. 13, still well below the post-IPO high of $225.64 reached on June 16. The next big catalyst may be Starship, the giant rocket SpaceX is designing to be fully reusable. On Sept. 28, Starship reached orbit for the first time on its 14th test flight and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, though an upper-stage engine shut down early and the mission was cut short. Elon Musk said at a public event on Oct. 10 that Flight 15 is about four to six weeks away, likely just before Thanksgiving, and that SpaceX will try to catch the Starship upper stage with the launch tower for the first time. A successful catch could move the company closer to full reuse, which is central to its plans to scale Starlink. Video Contains content from X users: @SpaceX, @XEthanAI, @Teslaconomics. $SPCX. #SpaceX #SpaceJellyfish #NASA 🌐 Find more market-moving insights at https://www.benzinga.com — your one-stop destination for the latest financial news, data, and expert analysis to stay ahead of the markets. 🖥️ Want the same tools the pros use—without the $10K Bloomberg terminal? Benzinga Edge gives you real-time portfolio alerts, weekly stock picks, and pro-grade research in one command center. 👉 https://bit.ly/4unSKiB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📲 Follow us on socials @benzinga 🔔 Subscribe To The Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Benzinga ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⚠️ Disclaimer: Investing in financial markets carries risk, and there are no guaranteed returns. All information is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as financial advice. Always do your own research and speak with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. Only invest what you can afford to lose. Past performance does not guarantee future outcomes.