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29th April 2020

2024 – Indonesia gets a new capital city

Due to serious environmental problems in Jakarta, a new capital city is established for Indonesia in 2024.

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14th April 2020

2040 – All civil domestic aviation in Norway is electric

By 2040, Norway has completed a national plan for its short-haul aviation routes, with all planes now electric.

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11th April 2020

2038 – Coal power has been phased out by Germany

By 2038, Germany has completed a phase-out of its entire coal industry.

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24th March 2020

2021 – Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games

Following their postponement in 2020 due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the Olympic Games are held in Tokyo during the summer of 2021.

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10th March 2020

2083 – V Sagittae becomes the brightest star in the night sky

In 2083, a previously faint star system known as V Sagittae erupts in a spectacular burst of light, the result of a collision between a main sequence star and a white dwarf.

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8th March 2020

2030 – The entire ocean floor is mapped

By 2030, an undersea mapping project has revealed the global seabed in unprecedented detail.

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8th March 2020

2027 – The final Avatar movie is released

Following acquisition by Disney, the release schedule for the Avatar sequels was pushed back. A fifth and final movie in the franchise is released in December 2027.

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1st March 2020

2021 – First uncrewed maiden flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)

The SLS is designed as the primary launch vehicle for NASA's deep space exploration plans – including crewed lunar flights of the Artemis program and a subsequent follow-on human mission to Mars.

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6th February 2020

2022 – The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Transport is tested over U.S. cities

In 2022, NASA tests a new experimental plane designed to be only 1/1000th as loud as previous supersonic aircraft.

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1st February 2020

2021 – First flight of the New Glenn reusable rocket

New Glenn is a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle developed by Jeff Bezos' company, Blue Origin, designed to be partially reusable in order to reduce costs. A first demonstration occurs in 2021.

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