2044 (MMXLIV) will be a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Predicted events May - A METI message Cosmic Call 2 sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination, 55 Cancri star. May 18 - Near-Earth object 2002 QF15 will make a close approach to Earth. May 19 - The Kennedy Library will release to the public a 500-page transcript of an oral history about John F. Kennedy given by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (if her last child has died). June 6 - The… (More on 2044)