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This is a summary of lore events occurring in the '''21st Century''' in the [[StarCitizen:Star Citizen]] universe.

== 2001 – 2100 ==
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!Date
!Type
!Event
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|2003-09-21
|Exploration
|NASA's Galileo probe enters the atmosphere of [[StarCitizen:Jupiter]], becoming the first manmade object on the planet.
|-
|2015-04-30
|Exploration
|NASA's MESSENGER probe crashes into the surface of [[StarCitizen:Mercury]], becoming the first manmade object on the planet.
|-
|2017-09-15
|Exploration
|The NASA/JPL operated Cassini probe passes through the [[StarCitizen:Rings of Saturn]] and enters the atmosphere of [[StarCitizen:Saturn]], becoming the first manmade object to do either.
|-
|21st Century
|Milestone
|[[StarCitizen:Earth]] is reaching a critical mass of overpopulation. Numerous wars erupt across the planet as the populace face food, water and energy shortages.
|-
|2038
|Commercial
|[[StarCitizen:Roberts Space Industries]] founded by [[StarCitizen:Chris Roberts (lore)|Chris Roberts]].
|-
|2044
|Disaster
|"Lemming Car" AI incident occurs in [[StarCitizen:Tokyo]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|text=News Update: Will We Never Learn?|int=Comm-Link:New United - Will We Never Learn?|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12977-News-Update-WILL-WE-NEVER-LEARN}}</ref>
|-
|2061
|Milestone
|[[StarCitizen:Chris Roberts (lore)|Chris Roberts]] begins sowing the seeds of terraforming technology.
|-
|2075-05-03
|Scientific
|Dr. [[StarCitizen:Scott Childress]] and his team complete the first self-sustaining quantum drive engine, capable of achieving 1/100th the speed of light.<ref>{{Cite RSI|text=2075: The Stars Get A Little Closer|int=Comm-Link:2075 - The Stars Get A Little Closer|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12664-2075-The-Stars-Get-A-Little-Closer}}</ref>
|}

== References == 
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