Crew-12 splashes down successfully, Hurricane Isaias latest. After 235 days aboard the International Space Station, SpaceX Crew‑12 splashed down off the Southern California coast at about 11:35 a.m. ET Thursday morning Oct. 8. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, joined FOX 35’s Jack Royer live over Zoom to discuss the latest on Oct. 8, 2026. Screenshot Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-4t8f82tn9ib32cv2
TITUSVILLE, FL – On Oct. 8, I was interviewed live on FOX 35 Orlando with anchor Jack Royer – about the successful splashdown of NASA SpaceX Crew 12 & the approach of Hurricane Isaias to the Gulf coast including Florida.
We discussed preparations everyone should do and the critical importance of using US Weather satellites to gather and provide real time date for warnings of magnitude, location, intensity of the approach Hurricanes.
Crew-12 splashes down successfully, Hurricane Isaias latest. After 235 days aboard the International Space Station, SpaceX Crew‑12 splashed down off the Southern California coast at about 11:35 a.m. ET Thursday morning Oct. 8. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, joined FOX 35’s Jack Royer live over Zoom to discuss the latest on Oct. 8, 2026. Screenshot Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-4t8f82tn9ib32cv2
Also, why full funding is needed for US federal government science agencies such as NASA, NOAA, NHC, NWS, NIH, NSF and more.
Crew-12 splashes down successfully, Hurricane Isaias latest. After 235 days aboard the International Space Station, SpaceX Crew‑12 splashed down off the Southern California coast at about 11:35 a.m. ET Thursday morning Oct. 8. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, joined FOX 35’s Jack Royer live over Zoom to discuss the latest on Oct. 8, 2026. Screenshot Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-4t8f82tn9ib32cv2
Watch my complete interview video on Fox 35 Orlando here:
Crew-12 splashes down successfully, Hurricane Isaias latest. After 235 days aboard the International Space Station, SpaceX Crew‑12 splashed down off the Southern California coast at about 11:35 a.m. ET Thursday morning Oct. 8. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, joined FOX 35’s Jack Royer live over Zoom to discuss the latest on Oct. 8, 2026. Screenshot Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-4t8f82tn9ib32cv2
Caption: Crew-12 splashes down successfully, Hurricane Isaias latest. After 235 days aboard the International Space Station, SpaceX Crew‑12 splashed down off the Southern California coast at about 11:35 a.m. ET Thursday morning Oct. 8 Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, joined FOX 35’s Jack Royer live over Zoom to discuss the latest on Oct. 8, 2026
Crew 12 undocked about a week after the launch and arrival of NASA SpaceX Crew 13 on Oct. 1. See our story and photos
Crew-12 splashes down successfully, Hurricane Isaias latest. After 235 days aboard the International Space Station, SpaceX Crew‑12 splashed down off the Southern California coast at about 11:35 a.m. ET Thursday morning Oct. 8. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, joined FOX 35’s Jack Royer live over Zoom to discuss the latest on Oct. 8, 2026. Screenshot Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-4t8f82tn9ib32cv2
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Crew-12 splashes down successfully, Hurricane Isaias latest. After 235 days aboard the International Space Station, SpaceX Crew‑12 splashed down off the Southern California coast at about 11:35 a.m. ET Thursday morning Oct. 8. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, joined FOX 35’s Jack Royer live over Zoom to discuss the latest on Oct. 8, 2026. Screenshot Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-4t8f82tn9ib32cv2
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Crew-12 splashes down successfully, Hurricane Isaias latest. After 235 days aboard the International Space Station, SpaceX Crew‑12 splashed down off the Southern California coast at about 11:35 a.m. ET Thursday morning Oct. 8. Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, joined FOX 35’s Jack Royer live over Zoom to discuss the latest on Oct. 8, 2026. Screenshot Credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/Fox 35 Orlando. Video: https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/fmc-4t8f82tn9ib32cv2
Watch for Ken’s continuing onsite coverage of NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and more space and mission reports direct from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news. Dr. Kremer is a research scientist and journalist based in the KSC area, active in outreach and interviewed regularly on TV and radio about space topics. Ken’s photos are for sale and he is available for lectures and outreach events.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/TITUSVILLE, FL – The Oct. 8, 2026 print edition of Florida Today, the paper featured my extended commentary and analysis about the “potentially catastrophic” implications for NASA of SpaceX retiring their very successful Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon human spacecraft launching NASA and partner astronauts to the International Space Station in low Earth orbit (LEO) – prematurely
TITUSVILLE, FL – SpaceX concluded a magnificent Space Coast launch double header today Oct. 1 with a stunning triple stick Falcon Heavy blastoff carrying a clandestine spy satellite to orbit for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) just before midnight – following the NASA Crew-13 astronaut Falcon 9 noontime launch.This mission marked the first time a SpaceX Falcon Heavy
