If you follow space news and astronomy, the past year offered no shortage of highlights. Astronomers provided humanity’s first glimpse of a black hole. China landed on the moon’s far side. And the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing inspired us to look ahead to our future in space.
The year to come will be no less eventful:
- No fewer than four missions to Mars could leave Earth this summer.
- NASA may finally launch astronauts into orbit aboard capsules built by SpaceX and Boeing.
- We expect to learn more secrets about the interstellar comet Borisov.
- And private companies are working to demonstrate new abilities in space.
However much you love space and astronomy, it can be challenging to keep up with the latest news in orbit and beyond. That’s why we’ve put dates for some of these events on The Times’s Astronomy and Space Calendar, which has been updated for 2020. Subscribe on your personal digital calendar to be automatically synced with our updates all year long. (We promise not to collect any personal information from your private calendar when you sign up.)