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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.What Love Builds at Venice
Russell Crowe's documentary What Love Builds, about his band Indoor Garden Party, screens at Venice. It's a 99-minute concert film and confession.Clooney and Burstyn Take the Lions
George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn get lifetime achievement Golden Lions at the 83rd Venice film festival, running 2 to 12 September 2026.RTX Spark Ships in October
NVIDIA said at IFA that RTX Spark N1X PCs ship in October 2026, starting with 18-core laptops with up to 32 GB. Acer, ASUS, Dell and HP are on board.TIFF Opens the Tenth
The Toronto International Film Festival runs 10 to 20 September, with Australian titles including Tenzing, Prima Facie and Kick On.ASML and TSMC push for 12-inch photomasks for High NA EUV
ASML and TSMC want chipmakers to switch to 12-inch photomasks for High NA EUV machines, with pilot lines by 2031 and production readiness in 2033.OpenAI says it hit its AI research intern goal
OpenAI says it's hit its AI research intern goal. Its chief scientist warned no lab has solved alignment enough to keep scaling at top speed for long.
