SpaceX's CRS-35 mission launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:33 a.m. EDT on October 13, 2026, delivering more than 6,300 pounds of scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS). But this particular launch offered something extraordinary for spectators along Florida's Space Coast. Viewed from NASA Causeway East, approximately 4.5 miles from the launchpad, the Falcon 9 rocket created a spectacular phenomenon known