21st Century

20th Century

20th Century

21st Century

22nd Century

22nd Century

For a complete list of historical events, see Historical Timeline.

This is a summary of lore events occurring in the 21st Century in the Star Citizen universe.

2001 – 2100

Date	Type	Event
2003-09-21	Exploration	NASA's Galileo probe enters the atmosphere of Jupiter, becoming the first manmade object on the planet.
2015-04-30	Exploration	NASA's MESSENGER probe crashes into the surface of Mercury, becoming the first manmade object on the planet.
2017-09-15	Exploration	The NASA/JPL operated Cassini probe passes through the Rings of Saturn and enters the atmosphere of Saturn, becoming the first manmade object to do either.
21st Century	Milestone	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	Roberts Space Industries founded by Chris Roberts.
2044	Disaster	"Lemming Car" AI incident occurs in Tokyo.
2061	Milestone	Chris Roberts begins sowing the seeds of terraforming technology.
2075-05-03	Scientific	Dr. Scott Childress and his team complete the first self-sustaining quantum drive engine, capable of achieving 1/100th the speed of light.