* July 25 – Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde aircraft, crashes into a hotel in Gonesse just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel.
* 12. februar - Nasina vesoljska sonda NEAR Shoemaker se spusti na površino asteroida 433 Eros kot prvo vesoljsko plovilo, ki je pristalo na asteroidu.