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25th January 2025

2025 – Europe's first successful vertical rocket launch into space

The SaxaVord Spaceport, Scotland, makes history in 2025, as it becomes the site of the first successful vertical rocket launch into space from European soil.

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12th January 2025

2025 – Grand Theft Auto VI is launched

Towards the end of this year, Rockstar Games launches Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6), arguably the most highly anticipated video game of the last 10 years.

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12th January 2025

2025 – QuEra launches a 3,000-qubit quantum computer

In 2025, QuEra launches a 3,000-qubit quantum computer, redefining scalability and precision in quantum hardware.

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7th January 2025

2025 – The Gordie Howe Bridge is completed

Among the most notable infrastructure projects of 2025 is the Gordie Howe Bridge, linking Detroit in the United States with Windsor in Canada.

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27th December 2024

2025 – First light for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

This cutting-edge facility achieves "first light" in 2025, launching a decade of transformative discoveries, which includes a 3,000-fold increase in the number of catalogued galaxies.

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26th December 2024

2026 – BepiColombo arrives in orbit around Mercury

[Moved from 2025 to 2026, based on updated mission timeline from ESA/JAXA.]

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26th December 2024

2026 – First crewed flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft

[Moved from 2025 to 2026, based on NASA's latest announcement.]

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3rd December 2024

2032-2033 – Heavy cargo deployments to the lunar surface

Following the successes of earlier missions, including the historic return of humans to the Moon, NASA's Artemis VII and VIII represent a new phase in lunar development.

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10th November 2024

2025-2028 – The United States is becoming more authoritarian

With control over both the executive branch and Congress, Trump's administration quickly set its sights on implementing Project 2025 – a sweeping blueprint aimed at consolidating power within the federal government.

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10th October 2024

2182 – Close approach of the asteroid Bennu

A near-Earth object, discovered in 1999, makes a close approach to Earth in 2182. Thanks to advanced planetary defences, the collision risk has been largely eliminated.

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