2032 facts for kids

2032 (written as MMXXXII in Roman numerals) is a year in the future. It will be a leap year, meaning it has 366 days instead of the usual 365. It will start on a Thursday.

What Might Happen in 2032

November

• November 13 – A special event called a Transit of Mercury is expected. This is when the planet Mercury passes directly in front of the Sun, and you can see it as a tiny black dot moving across the Sun's bright face.

Events with No Set Date Yet

• The exciting 2032 Summer Olympics are planned to take place. This is a huge international sports event where athletes from all over the world compete.
• An old piece of space equipment, called J002E3, is expected to return to Earth's orbit. This object is actually the third stage of the Saturn V rocket that helped launch the Apollo 12 mission to the Moon a long time ago. It's like a piece of space history coming back!

2032 in Movies, TV, and Games

Many stories in books, movies, and video games imagine what the year 2032 might be like. Here are a few examples:

On Television

• In the TV show seaQuest DSV, the final season, called "seaQuest 2032", is set in this year. It's about an advanced submarine exploring the oceans.
• An episode of The Simpsons called "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" shows a future scene likely in 2032. Bart, as an adult, watches a cartoon with his dad, Homer.
• In Channel Chasers, Timmy Turner's son travels back in time from 2032.
• The character Phoebe Buffay from Friends jokingly predicts her death date as October 15, 2032.
• In Star Trek: Voyager, a fictional spaceship named Ares IV is launched in early 2032.

In Computer and Video Games

• In the game Baroque, a big event called the Blaze happens on May 14, 2032, changing the world.
• The game Hellgate: London (released in 2007) is also set in 2032.

In Anime and Manga

• The Japanese animated series Bubblegum Crisis (from 1987–1991) takes place in a future version of 2032.
• The movie Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (from 2004) also shows a future world in 2032.

In Movies

• In the Terminator movies, a robot called a T-850 series Terminator is involved in an event on July 4, 2032.
• The movie Demolition Man (1993) has its main story set in August 2032.
• In the movie Event Horizon, commercial mining starts on Mars in 2032.

In Books

• In Edmund Cooper's book A Far Sunset, a starship lands on a planet called Altair Five in 2032.
• The story of Ultimatum by Matthew Glass begins in the year 2032.

In Music

• The band Gong released an album called 2032 in 2009. The album describes the year 2032 as when a fictional "Planet Gong" makes full contact with Earth.

See also

In Spanish: 2032 para niños