Official world record attempts

OFFICIAL WORLD RECORD EVENTS

World's Largest Hot Air Balloon Festival, world record in Albuquerque, New Mexico

World's Largest Hot Air Balloon Festival, world record in Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 5-13, 2024

Kent shepherdess to attempt to set world shearing record

August 25 at Trefranck Farm, Cornwall, UK

Trefranck Farm, Cornwall--The National Sheep Association (NSA) will be backing Kent shepherdess Marie Prebble as she attempts to set a world record shearing attempt in a few weeks' time. Prebble, an NSA Next Generation ambassador and member of the NSA South East Region committee, will be attempting to set the first women's eight-hour, strongwool ewe shearing world record on Thursday, August 25 at Trefranck Farm, Cornwall. (Read more...)

China plans world's largest supercollider

China plans world's largest supercollider

BEIJING, China--Chinese scientists are designing a particle-smashing collider so massive it could encircle a city.

Beijing, China - Chinese scientists are racing to complete plans for a supergiant particle collider that, when built, will dwarf every other accelerator on the planet. (Read more...)

2023: Dubai to Build World's Largest Airport

Dubai to Build World's Largest Airport

The leader of Dubai has approved spending $32 billion to expand the city’s second airport in the hopes it will become the world’s biggest. Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central is set to eventually serve 200 million passengers a year, outdoing Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. That hub is the busiest, serving 94.4 million passengers last year. Once completed in an estimated six to eight years, the expansion will allow for five parallel runways to be used simultaneously and for 100 double-decker Airbus A380 jets to land at any time.

2025: World's biggest telescope to be built in Hawaii

World's biggest telescope to be built in Hawaii

HAWAII, United States--The construction of ambitious next-generation Thirty Meter Telescope, to be built at an estimated cost of USD 1.47 billion by an international consortium consisting of institutions from India, the US, Canada, Japan and China, has begun  in Hawaii. The gigantic telescope will provide astronomers with unparalleled power to observe the intricacies of the universe from the comfort of Earth. The project is an international consortium consisting of institutions from the USA, Canada, Japan, India and China. (Read more...)


As of June 20, 2022, no further construction has been announced or initiated. Continued progress on instrument design, mirror casting & polishing, and other critical operational technicalities have been worked through or are currently being worked on. No specific timelines or schedules have been provided in regards to expected start/completion dates of additional construction at this time.

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