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2015 (MMXV) will be a common year starting on Thursday. In the Gregorian calendar, it is the 2015th year in the Common Era (or Anno Domini), the 15th year of the 3rd millennium and 21st century, and the 6th of the 2010s decade. Predicted and scheduled events February – NASA's Dawn spacecraft is expected to arrive at the dwarf planet Ceres. March 20 – Total solar eclipse (visible in the North Atlantic). May 21 – NASA Solar probe, will orbit the Sun July 1 – Earth, Venus, and Jupiter will be ordered on a single line. July 1–July 26, The 17th Pan American Games Will be held in Toronto, Canada. July 14 – NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to fly by Pluto and Charon at 50,000 kilometers per hour and explore the area for five months until distance becomes too great. New Horizons will then enter the Kuiper belt and eventually leave our Solar System. September 13 – Partial solar eclipse. October 25 – The expected return of the Comet 22P/Kopff Date unknown The first plasma operation of the fusion reactor ITER is expected. Target date for OECD countries to raise aid levels to 0.7% of Gross Domestic Product, as per the Paris Agreement. The United States Navy will commission USS Gerald R. Ford, the first ship in a new class of supercarriers. The winning nation for the 2022 Winter Olympics will be announced by the IOC. The Voyager 1 space probe will reach the heliopause. This is the earliest year the European Space Agency might launch the Darwin Mission to search for exoplanets that could possibly harbor life. It has been suggested that the current East African Community may federalize into a single state. The Masdar City is scheduled to be completed. Its goal is to be the world's first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, and zero-waste city. In fiction Literature Runaround, a short story by Isaac Asimov, is set in this year. The Carbon Diaries: 2015, a teenage diary series about climate change is set in this year. Computer and video games Doom: The Union Aerospace Corporation is founded by Thomas Kelliher.1 Star Control: The Small War of 2015 takes place, a war where many of humanity's nuclear weapons were used, and resolved in the isolations of the weapons. It is called the "small war" because it could have been much worse. Mega Man 8 and Mega Man & Bass are set in this year.citation needed "Jetfighter 2015" (2005) Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation: The first Ace Combat installment for the Xbox 360. The game takes place on the Anean continent in a war between Emmeria and Estovakia. Max Payne 3: The events take place 12 years after the second game which was set in 2003. MAG: Massive Action Game: The event of the war of S.V.E.R starts in the future, 2015 Film "Firebird 2015 AD" (1981) Back to the Future Part II (1989): Dr. Emmett Brown, Marty McFly, and Jennifer Parker time travel to October 21 of this year. Event Horizon (1997): The first permanent colony will be established on the Moon. The 6th Day (2000) Television Set in 2015: FlashForward (2010): On the show Future Shock (FlashForward) at the end has "Happy New Year 2015" on a sign in a montage in the second blackout. Defenders of the Earth (1986): Future GPX Cyber Formula (1991): Hayato Kazami becomes the youngest driver ever in Cyber formula with Sugo Grand Prix. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996): The main events of the series take place in this year. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Past Tense", 1995): By 2015, London has its own Major League Baseball team, the London Kings. Space: Above and Beyond (1995–1996): Aerospace and defense supplier Aero-Tech is founded. Twin Peaks (1990–1991): Agent Cooper dreams the Red Room in which Laura Palmer reveals to him her killer of 25 years prior, as seen in the European cut of the pilot. 3rd Rock from the Sun: According to Dick Solomon in the episode "Angry Dick", a giant meteor is destined to collide with Earth. When he says this in his physics class and all of his students turn towards him in shock, he adds, "which obviously doesn't exist because I'm kidding!" Family Guy: In the episode The King is Dead, Peter puts on a play called The King and I which takes place in this year.

The seventh episode of Doctor who Series 5 Amy's Choice which aired in 2010, is set in this year. Media franchises .hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game system, thus creating The World:R2. References ^ Doomrpg.com

The seventh episode of Doctor who Series 5 Amy's Choice which aired in 2010, is set in this year. Media franchises .hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game system, thus creating The World:R2. References ^ Doomrpg.com

The seventh episode of Doctor who Series 5 Amy's Choice which aired in 2010, is set in this year. Media franchises .hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game system, thus creating The World:R2. References ^ Doomrpg.com

The seventh episode of Doctor who Series 5 Amy's Choice which aired in 2010, is set in this year. Media franchises .hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game system, thus creating The World:R2. References ^ Doomrpg.com

The seventh episode of Doctor who Series 5 Amy's Choice which aired in 2010, is set in this year. Media franchises .hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game system, thus creating The World:R2. References ^ Doomrpg.com

The seventh episode of Doctor who Series 5 Amy's Choice which aired in 2010, is set in this year. Media franchises .hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game system, thus creating The World:R2. References ^ Doomrpg.com

The seventh episode of Doctor who Series 5 Amy's Choice which aired in 2010, is set in this year. Media franchises .hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game system, thus creating The World:R2. References ^ Doomrpg.com

The seventh episode of Doctor who Series 5 Amy's Choice which aired in 2010, is set in this year. Media franchises .hack: A fire occurs at the main CC Corp building, resulting in a large loss of data forcing The World to shut down. By splicing in data from what would have been another game, CC Corp is able to rebuild the game system, thus creating The World:R2. References ^ Doomrpg.com