The Roman Heavy Tape

Flight Fourteen Sets September Fifteenth

Starship Flight 14 is no earlier than about 15 September 2026 from Starbase Pad 2 — Ship 41, Booster 21, orbital insertion and roughly twenty Starlink V3 on the FCC paper; FAA still pending in early September reads.

Spectrum Made Orbit From Norway

Isar Aerospace's Spectrum Onward and Upward reached orbit from Andøya on 5 September 2026 at about 20:12 UTC — Europe's first private orbital success from continental soil on company and EU reporting.

Surprise and Shine Is Wednesday

Apple Event countdown: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 10 a.m. PT / 3 a.m. AEST Thursday — stream on apple.com, Apple TV, YouTube; AU expectations labelled as expectations.

They gave Ocarina a November date

On 8 September 2026 Nintendo's Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct dated The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 on 5 November 2026 (AU 5/11/2026) — exclusive, ~27 GB, US $59.99 / $94.95 AUD reported. Anniversary Switch 2 console 29 October; film The Legend of Zelda 30 April 2027.

Inland Rail Holds to Twenty-Seven

Govt priority: Beveridge VIC–Parkes NSW Inland Rail complete end 2027 for double-stacked freight. May 2026 scaled full Melbourne–Brisbane after ACIL Allen >A$45bn / ≥2036; A$1.75bn to ARTC upgrades. Inlandrail progress; Guardian/Railway Gazette.

The B21 Static Fire Tape

SpaceX’s full-duration 33-engine static-fire video of Super Heavy Booster 21 at Pad 2 Starbase on 28 August 2026 — the public tape ahead of Flight 14, with Ship 41’s Massey’s burns already on the August ledger.

The Vandenberg Starlink Tape

Starlink Group 15-24 from SLC-4E — Spaceflight Now’s 80th Starlink mission of 2026 framing, shifting Sunday windows, B1088, the Pacific droneship, and the Florida-to-Starship cadence shift.

The Andøya Spectrum Tape

Isar’s Spectrum Onward and Upward webcast and released footage from Andøya on 5 September 2026 — polar European pad pictures, distinct from the breaking orbit flash.

They remember how they were made

Hubble and Webb’s first joint Trans-Neptunian Object survey finds the smallest icy bodies still look like their larger siblings — and fewer of them than some planet-formation models expected.

Pickering said he made mistakes

One Nation’s Victorian leader admitted past speed, ecstasy and marijuana at a Melbourne press conference on Tuesday, a day after denying his former partner’s Australian interview. ABC and Guardian were asked to leave. Crime platform landed in the same room.