A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Tuesday, sending a cargo spacecraft toward the International Space Station and drawing attention across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia with a glowing, jellyfish-shaped plume. The rocket launched at 6:33:44 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40, carrying NASA’s CRS-35 mission. Its Dragon spacecraft is transporting more than 6,300 pounds of scientific research and supplies to the station. NASA scheduled Dragon to arrive Thursday, Oct. 15, and dock at the zenith port of the station’s Harmony module. The pre-sunrise timing helped make the plume visible over a wide area. Sunlight can illuminate exhaust from a rocket’s upper stage while the ground below remains in darkness. The exhaust is made mostly of water vapor and carbon dioxide, creating the bright, spreading cloud often likened to a jellyfish. The mission marks the fourth flight for Cargo Dragon spacecraft C211 and the eighth flight for the Falcon 9 first-stage booster.