2019 in science
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A number of significant scientific events are scheduled to occur in 2019.
Predicted and scheduled events
January
- 1 January – The New Horizons space probe will fly by Kuiper belt object (486958) 2014 MU69, the outermost close encounter of any solar system object.
- 6 January – a partial solar eclipse will occur.
- 21 January – a total lunar eclipse will occur.
April
- The MICROSCOPE (satellite) collaboration plans to publish its final results no later than April, 2019. [1]
July
- 2 July – a total solar eclipse will occur, with totality visible in the South Pacific and South America.
- 16 July – a partial lunar eclipse will occur.
June
- June – the first crewed flight into space by a private company (SpaceX) [2]
November
- 11 November – a rare transit of Mercury will occur.
- November - NASA's contract with the Russian space agency expires.[3]
December
- 26 December – a partial solar eclipse will occur.
Date unknown
- Tesla plans to begin production on an all-electric, semi-autonomous semi-truck, the Tesla Semi.[4]
- The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is expected to achieve first light in 2019.[5]
- The European Spallation Source is expected to go into operation in Lund, Sweden.[6]
- The CHEOPS space telescope, whose mission is to study the formation of extra-solar planets, is expected to launch at the beginning of the year.
See also
References
- ↑ "Results of new measurements of Equivalence Principle expected 2019" (PDF).
- ↑ "First SpaceX mission with astronauts set for June 2019: NASA".
- ↑ "First SpaceX mission with astronauts set for June 2019: NASA". phys.org. 5 October 2018.
- ↑ La Monica, Paul R. "Tesla's truck, not out until 2019, already has orders". CNN Money. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ↑ LSST Project Schedule
- ↑ "Home Page". European Spallation Source. 2015-08-11.
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