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SpaceX Starship Flight 12 nails soft splashdown for both stages; Anthropic Claude 4.1 adds long-horizon agent memory

2 Sept 2026

A calm edition of the prior 24 hours — 2 briefings in chapters, with links back to sources and the live feed — about 2 min to read.

AI Chapter

Anthropic Claude 4.1 adds long-horizon agent memory

Sessions can retain structured project state across days.

Why it matters Long-horizon memory is what stops agents from forgetting project state between workdays.

Space Chapter

SpaceX Starship Flight 12 nails soft splashdown for both stages

Booster catch and ship water landing completed without major anomalies.

Why it matters Soft splashdowns for both stages are the reliability gate before Starship tries propellant transfer.