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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 (1,100 feet) wide, will pass Earth less than 32,000 kilometres (20,000 miles) 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.[1]
- July 11–July 22 – The 2029 Summer World University Games will be held in North Carolina, United States.[2]
- July 19–July 29 – The 2029 World Games will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany.[3]
- 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.
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- April – If not triggered earlier, the next Indian general election will occur no later than this month.
- June – If not triggered earlier, the next French legislative election will occur no later than this month.
- ESA plans to launch the Ariel exoplanet telescope and Comet Interceptor.[4][5]
- The Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Denmark and Germany is expected to be completed.[6]
- The Giant Magellan Telescope, which is currently under construction, is scheduled for completion by this year.[7]
- The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) estimates to end the Rail-2-Sea project by this year.[8]
- Romania expects to have entered the eurozone by this year.[9]
- 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 Almaty, Kazakhstan.[10]
- 343 Madison Avenue gets finished.
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Apophis". NASA. June 18, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."North Carolina awarded 2029 FISU Summer World University Games". January 10, 2023. Archived from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."40 years later: The World Games to return to Karlsruhe in 2029". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Comet Interceptor construction moves forward". ESA. December 15, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Parsonson, Andrew (June 18, 2022). "UK Space Agency has committed £30M to ESA's Ariel exoplanet mission". European Spaceflight. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fehmarnbelt tunnel". Femern (in dansk). Retrieved April 14, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Giant Magellan Telescope". Smithsonian Global. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Răzvan Cuc: România susține proiectul RAIL 2 SEA, coridorul feroviar Gdansk – Constanța". Club Feroviar (in română). September 28, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ernst, Iulian (December 16, 2021). "Romania to postpone euro adoption target until 2029". bne IntelliNews.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Olympic Council of Asia says Saudi Winter Games 'on schedule'". France 24. August 25, 2025. Retrieved November 25, 2025.