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The newest launches, announcements, and milestones from SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, The Boring Company, and xAI, in plain English. Each one links to the full story.
Last updated September 30, 2026
Starship reaches orbit for the first time
Flight 14 made it to orbit on its 14th try and delivered the first 26 V3 Starlink satellites, all confirmed working. That’s roughly 26 Tbps of new internet capacity from one launch.
A 200+ mph tunnel from Austin to San Antonio
Musk announced a “simple, precursor Hyperloop tunnel” aiming to turn a drive of up to 2.5 hours into under 30 minutes. No route or start date yet.
$3 billion to dig more tunnels
A UAE-led Series D values The Boring Company at $23 billion, funding tunnels in the UAE, Las Vegas, and Nashville.
Starlink V5 dish goes into production
35% smaller and 62% lighter than the V4 dish, using roughly half the power.
Speaking through a brain implant
Neuralink shares a clip of VOICE trial patient Kenneth Shock speaking through his N1 implant.
Liner Truck 3
A remote-piloted tunnel truck running on Tesla Model 3 battery packs and drive units.
Chips for the first AI satellite
SpaceX and NVIDIA announce the chips for AI1, the first satellite in the planned Starmind AI compute constellation.
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