Pins matching posted:2026-09-11

Africa's largest hydroelectric plant at 5.15 GW, filled over five years amid a long dispute with Egypt and Sudan over Nile flows.

Two decades and a billion dollars in the making, the largest archaeological museum in the world, holding the complete Tutankhamun collection.

Barcelona's basilica tops out its 172.5-metre central tower, making it the world's tallest church, timed for the centenary of Antoni Gaudí's death. Estimated date.

A two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, meant to be built on a high-volume 'unboxed' assembly line. Estimated date.

A 853-metre cable-stayed span over the Detroit River, the longest in North America, carrying the busiest US-Canada trade corridor. Estimated date.

Twin 3.45 km tunnels turning Britomart from a dead-end terminus into a through station, doubling rail capacity. Estimated date.

The first stretch of Europe's largest transport project: a 33 km automated orbital metro ring around Paris. Estimated date.

Sydney's second international gateway at Badgerys Creek begins commercial flights, built with a 24-hour curfew-free runway. Estimated date.

Rockstar's return to Vice City, the most anticipated game release in years, after slipping from an earlier 2026 target. Announced date.

After seven years and nine planetary flybys, the joint ESA/JAXA mission separates into two orbiters to study Mercury. Scheduled date.

India's longest expressway at 1,386 km cuts the Delhi to Mumbai drive to roughly 12 hours. Estimated date.

Germany's long-delayed underground through-station replaces the Stuttgart terminus after two decades of construction. Estimated date.

A 30-metre segmented-mirror telescope stalled for a decade by opposition to building on Mauna Kea, with La Palma as the alternate site. Estimated date.

Unveiled in 2017 with claims of a 1.9-second 0-60 and 620-mile range, and delayed every year since. Estimated date.

A monorail crossing the Panama Canal through a new 4 km tunnel to reach the fast-growing west of the city. Estimated date.

At 3.6 GW, the largest offshore wind farm in the world, sited over a shallow sandbank 130 km off the Yorkshire coast. Estimated date.

At 6 minutes 23 seconds over Egypt, the longest totality visible from land until 2114, crossing Spain, North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

NASA plans a four-person Earth-orbit demonstration in 2027, testing Orion rendezvous and docking with commercial lander test vehicles. The first Artemis lunar landing is assigned to Artemis IV, targeted for 2028.

An elevated 24 km driverless line, the first metro for a capital that has debated building one since the 1940s. Estimated date.

Victoria's largest road project, burying the missing link in Melbourne's ring road in twin three-lane tunnels. Estimated date.

The United Kingdom and Ireland co-host the European Championship across nine stadiums. Estimated date.

A nuclear-powered rotorcraft that will fly between sites on Saturn's moon Titan, arriving in the 2030s. Scheduled date.

Los Angeles hosts its third Games after 1932 and 1984, using almost entirely existing venues.

Totality passes directly over central Sydney for nearly four minutes, the first there since 1857.

A 35 km fully underground east-west line beneath Lima, cutting a two-hour surface trip to about 45 minutes. Estimated date.

Construction resumed on the first building designed to pass 1,000 metres, intended to take the world's-tallest title from the Burj Khalifa. Estimated date.

A 39-metre segmented mirror in Chile's Atacama, collecting more light than all existing 8-10 metre telescopes combined. Estimated date.

A 340-metre asteroid passes about 32,000 km from Earth, closer than geostationary satellites and visible to the naked eye from Europe and Africa.

An 18 km immersed tunnel under the Baltic links Denmark and Germany, cutting Hamburg to Copenhagen rail travel to about 2.5 hours. Estimated date.

South America's longest suspension bridge, finally connecting Chiloé Island to mainland Chile. Estimated date.

At a planned 335 metres, Tajikistan's Rogun would be the tallest dam in the world. Estimated date.

A 2,200 MW underground pumped-storage scheme linking two existing reservoirs, meant to backstop Australia's renewables. Estimated date.