2020s in science and technology
| Science and technology articles |
|---|
| Decades |
| Years |
This article is a summary of the 2020s in science and technology.
Technology
Space
- NASA's Mars 2020 mission is set to launch on 17 July 2020 to study the habitability of Mars in preparation for future human missions.[1]
- NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon is set to launch after November 2020 to test the Space Launch System rocket.
- ESA's ExoMars Rover launches in 2020.[2]
- The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be launched on 30 March 2021 after being delayed several times.[3]
- India hopes to conduct its first human spaceflight in 2021.[4]
- The Large Hadron Collider will once again begin operation in early 2021;[5][6][7][8] the collider was shut down in December 2018 "to enable major upgrade and renovation works."[5]
- The first component of the Lunar Gateway, a proposed inhabitable space station to be implemented by multiple international space agencies on the Moon, the Power and Propulsion Element, is set to be delivered by an undetermined commercial launch vehicle in 2022.[9]
- ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer is scheduled to be launched in 2022.[10]
- SpaceX founder and entrepreneur Elon Musk plans to send the first Starship to Mars in 2022, paving the way to the colonization of the planet.[11]
- NASA plans to send "the first woman and the next man" to the Lunar south pole region via Artemis 3 in 2024.
- The European Space Agency plans to begin mining the moon for natural resources by 2025.[12]
Computing and artificial intelligence
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2020) |
Physics
- In January 2020, Physicists discovered a unique metal with billions of quantum entangled electrons.[13]
Robotics and machine learning
| This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2020) |
Biology
| This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2020) |
See also
- History of science and technology
- List of science and technology articles by continent
- List of years in science
References
- ^ "Overview – 2020 Mission Plans". Mars.nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ esa. "Second ExoMars mission moves to next launch opportunity in 2020". European Space Agency.
- ^ "New launch date for James Webb Space Telescope". European Space Agency. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "India's first manned space mission likely to be accomplished in 2021 now". www.merinews.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ a b CERN. "LHC prepares for new achievements". Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Hays, Brooks. "CERN reveals plans for new experiment to search for dark matter particles". United Press International. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Tech2 News Staff. "Cern's Large Hadron Collider Gets Major Upgrade, Experiments to Resume in 2021". Tech2. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Wetzel, James. "USCMS completes phase 1 upgrade program for CMS detector at CERN". Fermilab. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Trump's 2020 budget Will Take US from Moon to Mars, Agency Chief Says". Space.com. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ Jonathan Amos (2 May 2012). "Esa selects 1bn-euro Juice probe to Jupiter". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ "Elon Musk outlines Mars colony vision". BBC. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ Kent, Lauren (22 January 2019). "The European Space Agency plans to start mining for natural resources on the moon". CNN. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Billions of quantum entangled electrons found in 'strange metal'". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
 | This technology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This science article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |