2020 in science

List of years in science (table)

A number of significant scientific events are scheduled to occur in 2020.

Predicted and scheduled events

Date unknown

  • ESA's ExoMars rover will be launched to Mars.[2]
  • Planned launch of NASA's Mars 2020 mission to study the habitability of Mars and prepare for future human missions.[3]
  • ESA plans to launch the Euclid mission to investigate dark matter and dark energy.[4]
  • Planned initial observations by the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope.
  • Several new rockets have planned maiden flights in 2020 in a race to lower launch costs: New Glenn,[5] Vulcan,[6] Ariane 6,[7] H3[8] and first orbital flights of BFR.[9]
  • Reaction Engines' Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine plans to have the new building ready to fire it's engine core. [10]
  • The ITER facility is expected to start commissioning its reactor and initiate plasma experiments in 2020, but is not expected to begin full deuterium-tritium fusion until 2027.[11]
  • Shenzhen East Waste-to-Energy Plant will become operational, the largest waste to energy (WET) power plant in the world.[12]
  • Apple plans to launch augmented-reality glasses.[13]
  • Japan will host a Robot Olympics.[14]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "emiratesmarsmission".
  2. ↑ "Yorkshire salt mine could help shed light on Martian life". phys.org.
  3. ↑ "Overview - 2020 Mission Plans". Mars.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  4. ↑ "Euclid Mission". jpl.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  5. ↑ "Blue Origin enlarges New Glenn's payload fairing, preparing to debut upgraded New Shepard". spacenews.com.
  6. ↑ Clark, Stephen (22 April 2015). "ULA needs commercial business to close Vulcan rocket business case". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Clark, Stephen (13 August 2016). "Ariane 6 rocket holding to schedule for 2020 maiden flight". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Tomii, Tetsuo (June 28, 2016). "ＪＡＸＡ、新型ロケット「Ｈ３」の基本設計−打ち上げコスト半減の５０億円". Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  9. ↑ Henry, Caleb (12 March 2018). "SpaceX's Shotwell: BFR will probably be orbital in 2020, but you should start seeing hops in 2019. (Grasshopper reference?)". Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Facility to test SABRE air-breathing engine under construction". newatlas.com.
  11. ↑ "ITER – the way to new energy". ITER. 2014. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "New plant will see that Shenzhen's refuse doesn't go to waste". newatlas.com.
  13. ↑ "Apple Readying Augmented-Reality Glasses For 2020 Launch: Report". investors.com.
  14. ↑ "Japan announces 'Robot Olympics' to coincide with 2020 Tokyo summer games". inews.co.uk.
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