2029

Predicted and scheduled events

• March 10–17 - The 2029 Special Olympics World Winter Games are scheduled to be held in Switzerland.
• March 25 – If not triggered earlier, the next German federal election will occur no later than this date.
• April 13 - Asteroid 99942 Apophis, at 335 metres wide, will pass Earth less than 32,000 kilometres from Earth's surface: closer than geosynchronous satellites. When discovered, it was considered a serious threat to Earth, but since then refined predictions have ruled out any impact risk for the next 100 years. This will be the closest approach of an asteroid this size scientists have predicted.
• July 11–July 22 - The 2029 Summer World University Games will be held in North Carolina, United States.
• September 17 – If not triggered earlier, the 2029 Norwegian parliamentary election will occur no later than this date.
• August 15 – If not triggered earlier, the next United Kingdom general election will occur no later than this date.
• October 14 – If not triggered earlier, the next Portuguese legislative election will occur no later than this date.
• October 15 – If not triggered earlier, the 46th Canadian federal election will occur no later than this date.

  Unknown

• April – If not triggered earlier, the next Indian general election will occur no later than this date.
• June – If not triggered earlier, the next French legislative election will occur no later than this date.
• ESA plans to launch the Ariel exoplanet telescope and Comet Interceptor.
• The Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Denmark and Germany is expected to be completed.
• The Giant Magellan Telescope, which is currently under construction, is scheduled for completion by this year.
• The Three Seas Initiative estimates to end the Rail-2-Sea project by this year.
• Romania expects to have entered the eurozone by this year.
• The radio-transmitted digital time capsule "A Message from Earth" will reach its destination on the planet Gliese 581c.
• NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to leave the Solar System.
• The 2029 Asian Winter Games will be held in Neom, Saudi Arabia.
• The 2029 World Games will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany.

  In fiction

In films

• Ghost in the Shell
• Logan
• "Oceanus: Act One"
• The Martian
• Planet of the Apes

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