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Calendar year
2031 (MMXXXI ) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2031st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini 3rd millennium and the 21st century , and the 2nd year of the 2030s decade.
Calendar year
Predicted and scheduled events [ edit ] January 1 - Assuming no further extensions to the term of copyrights become law in the interim, books , films , and other works published in 1935 will enter the public domain .January – NASA plans to deorbit the International Space Station , directing any unbroken remnants into Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] January – The 2031 World Men's Handball Championship will be held in Denmark , Iceland and Norway .[ 4] [ 5]
March 31 – The 2030 World Expo will be closed in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia .[ 6] [ 7] April 5 – Comet Bernardinelli–Bernstein will make its closest approach to Earth at a distance of 10.1 AU (1.5 billion km; 0.94 billion mi).[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] June – VERITAS , a mission by NASA to map the surface of Venus , will be launched.[ 11] [ 12] July – The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will reach Jupiter.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] September –October – The 2031 Rugby World Cup will be held in the United States.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] October –November – The 2031 Cricket World Cup will be held in India.[ 20] [ 21] December – EnVision , an orbital mission to Venus , will be launched.[ 22] [ 23]
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