1976
Turning 50 in 2026The year of Concorde’s first commercial flight and the first pictures from the surface of Mars.
Birth years
The year you were born
Pick a year to see what happened, from space missions to the Christmas Number 1. Every line links to its source.
1986
Turning 40 in 2026The year of Halley’s Comet, Voyager 2 at Uranus and the first part of Mir.
2008
Turning 18 in 2026The year of the Large Hadron Collider’s first beam and ice found on Mars.
Ages are the age reached on your birthday in 2026.