Earth will have a second moon

Asteroid will become a satellite of Earth for two months. The Earth's gravitational pull will capture asteroid 2024 PT5 from the secondary asteroid belt Arjuna, and it, like the Moon, will orbit our planet - but for only 56.6 days. The asteroid is about 10 meters in diameter. 2024 PT5 was discovered by researchers at the NASA-funded Asteroid Monitoring System in August this year. Scientists from the Complutense University of Madrid tracked the asteroid's orbit for 21 days and determined its future path - 2024 PT5 will orbit the Earth from September 29 to November 25. Earth's gravity will pull 2024 PT5 into its orbit, and the asteroid itself will not be able to escape our planet's gravitational force. It will orbit around for almost two months, after which it will return to the asteroid belt. But in about 30 years - in 2055 - 2024 PT5 will return to our orbit.

Chinese have tested a reusable space rocket just like Ilon Musk's

China has successfully tested a reusable Landspace rocket, which is being developed as an analog of Ilon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9. During the tests, Zhuque-3 climbed to an altitude of 10 km and then gently landed less than two meters from the center of the landing pad, which was 3.2 km from the original launch site. It is promised that such a rocket will be able to put up to 21 tons of cargo into

Space balloon successfully tested before tourist flights

Space Perspective has announced a successful test of its Neptune vehicle. It is designed for tourist trips to the stratosphere. The startup launched the hydrogen-powered vehicle from the Voyager Spaceport in Florida. Neptune climbed to an altitude of about 30,000 meters where it maintained cabin pressure and stability for 6 hours before safely descending into the Gulf of Mexico. This test, called

Earth will have a second moon

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