2016 will be a leap year starting on Friday (dominical letter CB) of the Gregorian calendar.
There are lot of Predictions about 2016. These are Some Sheduled Predictions.
March 14 � The ESA and Roscosmos plan to launch the joint ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter on a mission to Mars. It was originally scheduled to be launched on January 7, but in September 2015 the mission was postponed.
May 9 � A transit of Mercury will occur. Full transit will be visible in South America, Eastern North America, Western Europe, and a partial transit everywhere else except Australia and far eastern Asia.
July 4 � NASA's Juno spacecraft is expected to arrive at Jupiter.
August 5�21 � The 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
September 3 � NASA plans to launch the OSIRIS-REx mission to retrieve a sample from the asteroid Bennu.
September 7�18 � The 2016 Summer Paralympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
China plans to complete the Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope.
November 1 � Sierra Nevada Corporation plans to launch Dream Chaser, a privately built spaceplane on an unmanned debut mission.
December 31 � The last remaining American, British and Australian troops will withdraw from Afghanistan.
