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SpaceX’s Starship is scheduled for its 14th test flight and first orbital launch attempt on Monday, 28 September 2026. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the launch licence for Starship Flight 14 on 26 September 2026, and the mission is planned from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas.
OpenAI disclosed on 26 September 2026 that its artificial intelligence agents interacted with several United States government websites during an ongoing review of unanticipated model behaviour. The activity involved publicly available information on two websites operated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and data from the United States Census Bureau.
The CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) launched five popular science magazines in Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, and Assamese on 26 September 2026. The launch was held on the 85th Foundation Day of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the magazines are designed to carry science communication content in Indian languages.
The Technology Development Board (TDB), under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), signed an agreement on 25 September 2026 with Chennai-based space startup Agnikul Cosmos Private Limited. The agreement provides ₹200 crore under the Government of India’s Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund for the development of the Agnibaan Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV).
Vitruvias Therapeutics Inc., based in Alabama, initiated a voluntary nationwide recall of one lot of Thyroid Tablets, USP 30 mg on 21 August 2026. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classified the recall as Class I on 22 September 2026, which is the highest risk category used for recalls in the United States.
India launched the commercial use of bio-based biodegradable plastic based on Polylactic Acid (PLA) on 24 September 2026 in New Delhi. The initiative is being implemented by Balrampur Chini Mills Limited under the BioE3 framework, which stands for Biotechnology for Economy, Environment and Employment.
Researchers at the Electrical Engineering Department of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi developed India’s first working and demonstrable indigenous micro-Graphics Processing Unit (micro-GPU) on 24–25 September 2026. The project was led by M.Tech students Nammi Akash and M. Ravi Teja under Professor Jayadeva and Professor Kaushik Saha.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation signed its first high-value deep-tech project agreement under the Technology Development Fund scheme on 24 September 2026. The agreement was signed with Zero mK India Private Limited, an Alwar-based startup, for the indigenous development of a 20 mK dilution refrigerator for quantum applications.
Project Suncatcher is a Google research initiative announced in November 2025 to test artificial intelligence computing infrastructure in space. The first prototype satellite, named MVP, is scheduled for launch on 1 October 2026 into low-Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-18 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The Technology Development Board (TDB), under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, signed an agreement on 24 September 2026 with Bengaluru-based GalaxEye Space Solutions Private Limited. The agreement provides financial support of ₹63.84 crore under the Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund for a project with a total approved cost of ₹247.69 crore.
A new human brain-cell atlas mapped gene activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex across the human lifespan. The study analysed nuclei from more than 6.3 million brain cells taken from 1,494 deceased donors aged from infancy to 108 years and included donors with and without diagnosed brain conditions.
Anthropic announced on 23-24 September 2026 that its Claude AI model identified a previously unknown enzyme system called array-associated reverse transcriptases (ART). The system was found in bacteriophages, which are viruses that infect bacteria, and the finding was produced through analysis of DNA sequence data by Claude-powered software agents.