This article is about the year 2029. Millennium: 3rd millennium Centuries: 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century Decades: 1990s  2000s  2010s  – 2020s –  2030s  2040s  2050s Years: 2026 2027 2028 – 2029 – 2030 2031 2032 2029 by topic: News by month Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – Jun Jul – Aug – Sep – Oct – Nov – Dec Arts Architecture – Art – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming Politics Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State leaders – Sovereign states Science and technology Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight Sports Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – Rugby league By place Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Brazil – Canada – People's Republic of China – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – European Union – France – Germany – Ghana –India – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Russia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States – Zimbabwe Other topics Awards – Games – Law – Religious leaders – Video gaming Birth and death categories Births – Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments – Disestablishments Works and introductions categories Works – Introductions v · d · e 2029 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 2029 MMXXIX Ab urbe condita 2782 Armenian calendar 1478 ԹՎ ՌՆՀԸ Bahá'í calendar 185 – 186 Bengali calendar 1436 Berber calendar 2979 British Regnal year 77 Eliz. 2 – 78 Eliz. 2 Buddhist calendar 2573 Burmese calendar 1391 Byzantine calendar 7537 – 7538 Chinese calendar 戊申年十一月十七日 (4665/4725-11-17) — to — 己酉年十一月廿七日 (4666/4726-11-27) Coptic calendar 1745 – 1746 Ethiopian calendar 2021 – 2022 Hebrew calendar 5789 – 5790 Hindu calendars  - Bikram Samwat 2085 – 2086  - Shaka Samvat 1951 – 1952  - Kali Yuga 5130 – 5131 Holocene calendar 12029 Iranian calendar 1407 – 1408 Islamic calendar 1450 – 1451 Japanese calendar Heisei 41 (平成41年) Korean calendar 4362 Thai solar calendar 2572 Unix time 1861920000 – 1893455999 v · d · e Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 2029

2029 (MMXXIX) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. It will be the last year of the 2020s decade Predicted and scheduled events April 13 – The asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) will pass within 30,000 km (18,600 mi) of the Earth, very briefly appearing as bright as 3rd magnitude. A possibility exists that Apophis could go through a 400 m wide "keyhole" on this pass which would put Apophis on a collision course with the Earth in 2036.1 December 20 – The December 2029 lunar eclipse, the second of two Metonic twin eclipses, will occur. The first of the twin eclipse pair was the December 2010 lunar eclipse, occurring on December 20–December 21, 2010. The twin eclipses are separated by 19 years. Raymond Kurzweil predicts machine intelligence will be capable of passing the Turing test by this year.2 The digital time capsule 'A Message From Earth' reaches its destination on the planet Gliese 581c. Intel predicts the performance of supercomputers to reach zettaflops scale.3 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to leave the solar system. In fiction Computer and video games Deus Ex (2000): JC Denton's "assigned birth date" is March 17. Shadow of the Ninja also known as Kage and Blue shadow the events unfold of Emperor Garuda taking over, and the ninjas overthrowing him. Perfect Cell by Mobigame (2010) is based upon the collision of the asteroid Apophis with the Earth in 2029. Manga Ghost in the Shell: Public Security Section 9 is established. Film The Terminator (1984): One terminator and a man, a T-800 and Kyle Reese, are sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill and protect a woman called Sarah Connor. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991): Two Terminators, a T-800 and a T-1000, are sent back in time from 2029 to 1995 to, respectively, protect and kill John Connor as a ten year old child. The ending of the film Death Becomes Her (1992) is set in this year. Ghost in the Shell (1995) In the 2001 remake of "Planet of the Apes", the main character is from 2029 on board a USAF spaceship orbiting near Saturn. After 2029 (2010): the events of After 2029 take place in 2029, despite the movie been mainly set in 2030 there is some flash backs of the events of 2029 too. 4 Television Six Feet Under ("Everyone's Waiting", 2005): Keith Charles is shot and killed by robbers seizing the contents of his armored truck. Race to Mars, a fictional show about a manned expedition to Mars, takes place between 2029 and 2030. Second Robotech War, Robotech Masters attack Earth. Literature In The Exploration Generation by Spencer Murray, Stella Knowles comes from 24 September 2029 when she crash-lands on the 31 August 2009. Music Front 242's (covered by VNV Nation) 'Circling Overland' take place on January 1st, denoting the reaching of the Technological singularity References ^ SkyandTelescope.com - News from Sky & Telescope - Asteroid 2004 MN4: A Really Near Miss! ^ Kurzweil, Raymond (2005). The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. New York: Viking Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-670-03384-3. OCLC 57201348.  ^ "IDF: Intel says Moore's Law holds until 2029". Heise Online. 2008-04-04. http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/106017.  ^ [1]