China National Space Agency and international partners plan for the International Lunar Research Station, near the Moon South Pole region, to be permanently inhabited by crew starting this year.

Asteroid 99942 Apophis, 370 meters in diameter & previously known as 2004 MN4, predicted to make 2nd pass by Earth missing by ~50 million km.

Hubble Space Telescope: Veteran spacecraft with 2.4-meter mirror could continue operations into this decade and beyond; launched April 24, 1990.

New Horizons: NASA spacecraft, now in Interstellar Space, could continue to operate well into this decade; is predicted to reach 125 AU from Sun and enter interstellar space this year traveling at 46,600 kph; launched Jan 19, 2006.

India to Launch Soorya for Human Moon Landings: India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans its first human crewed mission to the lunar surface.

International Space Elevator Consortium plans Space Elevator DEMO-1: First Climb: Mission to take 'cargo to Mars and beyond'.

Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) plans to launch a Mars Lander & Rover to the surface of Red Planet by this year.

China National Space Agency planning to launch its first mission to Uranus this year under the deep space program Tianwen. 

International Space Elevator Consortium plans for a fully operational Space Elevator to be in use by this year taking humans to Mars, Jupiter, and Beyond.

Return of 1P / Halley’s Comet, and its closest approach to Sun, 0.59278 AU; comet is ~5×8 kilometers with albedo of 0.03.

NASA is planning to send spacecraft to Alpha Centauri system 4.4 LY away to search for life, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the first Moon landing; aiming for craft to travel at a minimum of 10% of the speed of light on a 44-year trip, reaching nearest neighbor Star system by 2113.

Ultraviolet space telescope Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) in LEO will burn up upon atmospheric reentry this year – 65 years after being decommissioned in 2013.

As seen from the slopes of Elysium Mons on Mars, the Earth, the Moon and Mars moon Phobos to pass directly between Mars and Sun; observers see Moon(s) and Earth as small dots gliding slowly across face of Sun.

UAE plans to have city on Mars fit for habitation completed by this year, first development started in 2020 with launch of Hope satellite to Mars.

Venus to pass directly between Earth and Sun; observers see distant planet as small dot gliding slowly across face of Sun.

Venus to pass directly between Earth and Sun; observers see distant planet as small dot gliding slowly across face of Sun.

Long-duration total lunar eclipse of 106.1 minutes.

The longest solar eclipse of the Century at 7 minutes 29 seconds; may be longest eclipse during 10,000-year period from 4000 BC to AD 6000.

Planets reach record-breaking distance for opposition at ~55.69 million km, will appear extra bright in sky.

Mercury to pass directly between Earth and Sun; observers see distant planet as small dot gliding slowly across face of Sun.

First total solar eclipse visible in London since 2151.

Distance between Earth & Mars reaches new minimum at 55,651,033.122 km on this date during perihelion.

Due to precession of the equinoxes, also known as axial precession or lunisolar precession, positions of stars slowly change in both equatorial coordinates & ecliptic longitude; this year Gamma Cephei will enter the North Star position.

Around 42013, NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft is predicted to come within 1.7 LY of star AC+79 3888, also known as Gliese 445, in the constellation Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper).

Around 42013, NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft is predicted to come within 11.7 LY (9.7 trillion miles) of the star Ross 248 (also known as HH Andromedae or Gliese 905), located 10.3 LY from Earth.

Laser Geodynamics Satellite 1 (LAGEOS-1) laser ranging satellite mission, carrying plaque designed by Carl Sagan, predicted to reenter Earth atmosphere close to this date; launched May 4, 1976 to 5,900-km altitude orbit.

Solar luminosity estimated to increase by 10% by this date, causing all oceans to boil with 70°C mean surface temperature unless Earth orbit is altered by massive astronomical engineering initiative.

Observations of LMC suggest it is tightly bound to MWG due to a dark matter halo nearly twice as massive as previously thought implying it will collide at ~2 billion years.

Andromeda approaching MWG at 110 km/sec, these 2 largest galaxies in Local Group have 50/50 chance to swoop past each other about this time when Andromeda will become tidally stretched and Milky Way becomes warped.

The Sun, now about 9.6 billion years old, is predicted to have grown into a red giant star by this point, and have expanded more than a hundred times larger than its current size, while experiencing an intense mass loss through a very strong stellar wind; it will engulf Mercury and Venus (and possibly Earth).

If merger of Galaxies occurs, the 2 central supermassive black holes of MWG and Andromeda should converge near center of newly forming ‘Milkomeda’ or ‘Milkdromeda’ Galaxy. 

The Sun, now about 11.6 billion years old, is predicted to collapse into a white dwarf star about the size of Earth.

If merger of MWG and Andromeda occurs, it is predicted to be nearly complete around this date forming a giant elliptical, large lenticular or super spiral galaxy; simulations indicate whatever remains of our Solar System might be brought near center & ejected entirely out of Galaxy.