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Henderson Gets the AUKUS Visit
Rear Adm. Douglas J. Adams's AUKUS visit put dry docks at Henderson, WA, on the record. Richard Marles says the first Virginia sub is still due in 2032.Four Reactors Hit Criticality
Four advanced reactors passed an early test, zero-power criticality, by 4 July 2026, beating the Trump administration's goal of at least three.Pope Leo XIV's France trip motto: That the World May Have Life
Pope Leo XIV's France journey from 25 to 28 September takes its motto, "That the world may have life", from John 6:51.Queensland's rating is on the brink
Queensland is close to losing its AA+ S&P credit rating, but no cut had come by 11 September. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers called it "very troubling".EV fast chargers: the Hume Highway has no big gaps
The Hume, Pacific, Bruce and Western highways have no public fast-charger gap over about 150 km, EV Roadside and The Driven found in June 2026.Chromium Hit the KEV
The US cyber agency CISA has added Chromium flaw CVE-2026-85046 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Browser updates carry the fix.Eighty Starlink Missions This Year
Starlink Group 15-24 from Vandenberg was framed as SpaceX's 80th Starlink mission of 2026, on booster B1088's nineteenth flight or so.Six bills, zero nays, four criticalities
Six nuclear permitting and fuel bills cleared House Energy and Commerce unanimously in early September, as a House panel heard reactor pilot results.Hastie calls Hanson and Joyce lying cowards
Andrew Hastie has called Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce "lying cowards" after they denied calling him a traitor over a One Nation cartoon.The Roman Heavy Tape
NASA and SpaceX's webcast of the Falcon Heavy launch of the Roman Space Telescope from LC-39A on 30 August shows liftoff, side boosters and separation.Starship Flight 14 targets orbit no earlier than 15 September
SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 is set for no earlier than about 15 September from Starbase Pad 2, with Ship 41 and Booster 21. FAA approval was still pending.Isar Aerospace's Spectrum makes orbit from Norway
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum reached orbit from Norway on 5 September. The company and EU call it Europe's first private orbital success from the mainland.Apple's Surprise and Shine event was set for 9 September
Apple's Surprise and Shine event is on Wednesday 9 September at 10 a.m. PT, or 3 a.m. AEST Thursday, streaming on apple.com, Apple TV and YouTube.Zelda: Ocarina of Time comes to Switch 2 on 5 November
Nintendo will release The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 on 5 November 2026. It's exclusive, with a reported Australian price of $94.95.Inland Rail Holds to Twenty-Seven
Inland Rail's Beveridge to Parkes section is still due by the end of 2027, after the full Melbourne to Brisbane line was scaled back in May 2026.The B21 Static Fire Tape
SpaceX has posted video of Super Heavy Booster 21's full-duration, 33-engine static fire at Starbase Pad 2 on 28 August, ahead of Starship Flight 14.The Vandenberg Starlink Tape
Spaceflight Now called Starlink Group 15-24, flying from Vandenberg on booster B1088, SpaceX's 80th Starlink mission of 2026.The Andøya Spectrum Tape
Isar Aerospace's webcast and released footage show Spectrum's Onward and Upward launch from Andøya, Norway, on 5 September.Hubble and Webb team up on the smallest worlds past Neptune
Hubble and Webb's first joint survey beyond Neptune finds the smallest icy bodies look like bigger ones but are fewer than some models expected.Pickering said he made mistakes
Warren Pickering, One Nation's Victorian leader, has admitted past use of speed, ecstasy and marijuana, a day after denying his ex-partner's account.
