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A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demonstrations will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027 following the agency’s latest CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative delivery award. Intuitive Machines of Houston will receive $116.9 million to deliver six NASA payloads to a part of the Moon where nighttime temperatures are frigid, the terrain is rugged, and the permanently shadowed regions could help reveal the origin of water throughout our solar system. Part of the agency’s broader Artemis campaign, CLPS aims to conduct science on the Moon for the benefit of all, including experiments and demos that support missions with crew on the lunar surface. “This marks the 10th CLPS delivery NASA has awarded, and the fourth planned for delivery to the South Pole of the Moon,” said Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington. “By supporting a robust cadence of CLPS flights to a variety of lo

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, and Director of Cross-Agency Strategy John Keefe visited NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley on Aug. 28. The visit was an opportunity for the leaders to meet with center leadership and tour multiple Ames facilities. Free, Swails, and Keefe also met with employees to discuss NASA 2040, a strategic agency initiative aimed at driving meaningful changes that will allow the agency to realize its long-term vision for what leaders and employees want the agency to be in 2040 and beyond. During their tour, researchers at the Space Biosciences Research Lab presented on innovative projects like the Lunar Explorer Instrument for space biology Applications, an instrument that will study how yeast reacts to the lunar environment. The three leaders also learned about innovative wildfire research and other projects that seek to advance space exploration through scientific discoveries and technica

 LG will showcase its gaming technologies on LG's webOS platform this week at PAX West, the largest gaming event in the U.S. Visitors can explore LG's webOS Gaming capabilities on LG smart devices, including its critically acclaimed lineup of LG OLED TVs, at LG's PAX West Booth (2301) at the Seattle Convention Center in the Arch Building. LG will showcase its gaming technologies on LG’s webOS platform this week at PAX West, the largest gaming event in the U.S. Visitors can explore LG’s webOS Gaming ca-pabilities on LG smart devices, including its critically acclaimed lineup of LG OLED TVs, at LG’s PAX West Booth (2301) at the Seattle Convention Center in the Arch Building. Delivering unparalleled experiences to its users, LG is setting a new standard in gaming excellence with its innovative webOS Gaming technology. LG's debut at PAX West marks the beginning of the company's journey to establish itself as a leading gaming platform, dedicated to enhancing and elevatin

Armitron (https://www.armitron.com/), a watchmaking leader since 1975, launches Armitron Connect, a smartwatch collection that combines cutting-edge technology with the brand's trusted craftsmanship. Offering stylish, user-friendly smartwatches at an affordable price, Armitron Connect invites everyone to love every second while enjoying the perfect balance of style and practicality. The smartwatch collection debut includes innovative models with exceptional battery performance, like the sleek 'Eclipse' with its intuitive touchscreen face and the 'Matrix' with an AMOLED high-definition display for crystal-clear resolution. All Armitron Connect smartwatches blend style, functionality, and innovative technology, including a magnetic, rapid USB charger that offers a battery life that can last for days, adapting to the wearer's usage. Priced between $55 and $75, the Armitron Connect collection is currently available for sale at retail and will be available on Armitro

The Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of a plume of Saharan dust as winds lofted it over the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 24, 2024. The Sahara Desert is Earth’s largest source of airborne dust, and the particles can travel for thousands of miles. From late spring to early fall, it is common for the dry, dusty Saharan Air Layer to carry the particles westward across the Atlantic Ocean high in the atmosphere. Saharan Air Layer activity subsides after mid-August, according to NOAA, making it less likely that the plume shown here is bound for a transoceanic journey. Instead, it arcs to the north after blowing out over the ocean. Earlier in the summer, however, several clouds of fine dust from the Sahara reached the United States, creating hazy skies over Texas. Read more about Saharan dust and why it’s interesting to scientists. Text Credit: Lindsey Doermann Image Credit: NASA/Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Par

 DJI, the world's leader in civilian drones, creative camera technology and e-bike drive systems, is excited to unveil its latest groundbreaking products at IFA 2024. From September 6 to 10, visitors to IFA Berlin will have the opportunity to experience DJI's innovative solutions through hands-on demos and interactive workshops, showcasing the future of drones, imaging systems, bikes and portable power stations. "We are excited to showcase our latest products at IFA, Europe's premier consumer electronics show," said Christina Zhang, Senior Director of Corporate Strategy at DJI. "Our aim is to demonstrate how our cutting-edge technology can inspire creativity and transform ways of living among both seasoned users and newcomers. This year, we're particularly thrilled to highlight our new palm-sized drone for vlogs and revolutionary electric mountain bike innovations, which open up new possibilities for outdoor adventures." Experience the latest drone a

TCL®, one of the world's best-selling consumer electronics brands and leading technology companies, today announced its first-ever participation at the upcoming Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) Show. TCL's exhibit will feature the brand's new suite of home theater products including the world's largest 115" QD-Mini LED TV and the world's thinnest "All-In-One" NXTFRAME TVs. Revealing innovative feature-packed televisions, TCL will also be demonstrating new custom install capability during CEDIA 2024, Sept. 5–7 at the convention center in Denver, CO. "TCL has just introduced premium 'QD-Mini LED', incorporating specially developed optics and advanced AI processing that makes it the ultimate choice for the discerning viewer. Our flagship model is the stunning 115", which in addition to being the world's largest QD-Mini LED TV, is now the must-have centerpiece for anyone interested in building or upgradi

The stars in the big Wyoming skies inspired Aaron Vigil as a child to dream big. Today, he’s a mechanical engineer working on the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS) for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at Goddard. Name: Aaron VigilTitle: Mechanical EngineerFormal Job Classification: Aerospace Technology, Flight StructuresOrganization: Mechanical Engineering, Engineering and Technology Directorate (Code 543) Aaron Vigil is a mechanical engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Photo courtesy of Aaron Vigil What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission? I currently work on the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS) for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. I support daily integration and testing tasks related to the SASS assembly. I spend a lot of my time working with Goddard mechanical technicians and other engineers to execute test plans and procedures to assemble, test, and integrate SASS hardware.    Wha

Called IceNode, the project envisions a fleet of autonomous robots that would help determine the melt rate of ice shelves. On a remote patch of the windy, frozen Beaufort Sea north of Alaska, engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California huddled together, peering down a narrow hole in a thick layer of sea ice. Below them, a cylindrical robot gathered test science data in the frigid ocean, connected by a tether to the tripod that had lowered it through the borehole. This test gave engineers a chance to operate their prototype robot in the Arctic. It was also a step toward the ultimate vision for their project, called IceNode: a fleet of autonomous robots that would venture beneath Antarctic ice shelves to help scientists calculate how rapidly the frozen continent is losing ice — and how fast that melting could cause global sea levels to rise. Warming Waters, Treacherous Terrain If melted completely, Antarctica’s ice sheet would raise global sea levels by an esti

The universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place where galaxies are dancing, merging together, and shifting appearance. Unfortunately, because these changes take millions or billions of years, telescopes can only provide snapshots, squeezed into a human lifetime. However, galaxies leave behind clues to their history and how they came to be. NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will have the capacity to look for these fossils of galaxy formation with high-resolution imaging of galaxies in the nearby universe. Astronomers, through a grant from NASA, are designing a set of possible observations called RINGS (the Roman Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey) that would collect these remarkable images, and the team is producing publicly available tools that the astronomy community can use once Roman launches and starts taking data. The RINGS survey is a preliminary concept that may or may not be implemented during Roman’s science mission. Roman is uniquely prepared for RINGS due to its

Andromeda III is one of at least 13 dwarf satellite galaxies in orbit around the Andromeda galaxy, or Messier 31, the Milky Way’s closest grand spiral galactic neighbor. Andromeda III is a faint, spheroidal collection of old, reddish stars that appears devoid of new star formation and younger stars. In fact, Andromeda III seems to be only about 3 billion years younger than the majority of globular clusters ― dense knots of stars thought to have been mostly born at the same time, which contain some of the oldest stars known in the universe.  Astronomers suspect that dwarf spheroidal galaxies may be leftovers of the kind of cosmic objects that were shredded and melded by gravitational interactions to build the halos of large galaxies. Curiously, studies have found that several of the Andromeda Galaxy’s dwarf galaxies, including Andromeda III, orbit in a flat plane around the galaxy, like the planets in our solar system orbit around the Sun. The alignment is puzzling because models of gal

Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 28 2024 We are back … almost, anyways. Today’s parking location is very close to where we parked on sol 4253, and in an area near one of the previous contact science targets “Discovery Pinnacle.” You can read in this blog post that most of the team, this blogger included, was in Pasadena for our team meeting when we were last in this area. That was July and Curiosity was about to turn 12 on Mars. Coming back is a very rare occasion and is always planned carefully. Once or twice during the last 12 years it happened because we saw something “in the rear mirror.” One of the examples is the target “Old Soaker,” where we spotted mud cracks in the images from a previous parking position, and promptly went back because this was such an important discovery. At other times it was carefully planned, such as the “walkabout” at “Pink Cliffs,” which you can watch in this video from as long back as Earth year 2015. In the past few planning cycles, it’s more of th

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content: - Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch: - Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club – Solve the tragic death of a student, who has been found with a smiley-faced paper bag over his head. This chilling clue recalls cold cases from the past and an urban legend about a killer with a disturbing modus operandi: Emio, a.k.a. the Smiling Man, said to grant his victims “a permanent smile.” As a member of the Utsugi Detective Agency, you will be tasked with helping police investigate the events that led to this heinous crime. You will scrutinize the clues and testimonies you gather along the way to draw potential connections and bring the killer to justice. Play up to the third chapter of the game with the free episodic demo* available on Nintendo eShop. Your progress can even be carried forward to the full game, if purchased! The Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club gameis available today. - GUNDAM BREAKER 4 – Create you

Utah360°, the official mobile app for Utah Athletics, has released a newly-refreshed version that is updated with new features and functionality just in time for Utah’s fall sports seasons, including the football season opener on Thursday, Aug. 29, at Rice-Eccles Stadium. The all-new Utah360° app delivers the ultimate fan experience for Utah Athletics, featuring mobile ticketing, concessions, and exclusive content. Download now and enhance your game-day experience. #UniversityofUtah #UtahAthletics #Utah360 #NILPost this The Utah360° app serves as Utah Athletics’ digital hub, providing fans with exclusive video content, including game highlights, player interviews, podcasts and more. The app also offers mobile concessions ordering at Rice-Eccles Stadium, managing and purchasing tickets, news from Utah Athletics, schedules, stats and scores. Users will experience an enhanced interface with intuitive navigation and a clean look. “Our team at Utah360° has been some of the most innovative l

For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two NASA-supported experiments, also known as payloads, funded by the agency’s Flight Opportunities program that will launch aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket system on a flight test no earlier than Thursday, Aug. 29. The researcher-tended payload, from the University of Florida in Gainesville, seeks to understand how changes in gravity during spaceflight affect plant biology. Researcher Rob Ferl will activate small, self-contained tubes pre-loaded with plants and preservative to biochemically freeze the samples at various stages of gravity. During the flight, co-principal investigator Anna-Lisa Paul will conduct four identical experiments as a control. After the flight, Ferl and Paul will examine the preserved plants to study the effect of gravity transitions on the plants’ gene expression. Studying how changes in gravity affect plant

The "G" in Gameforge must stand for "game updates galore," because that's what the leading multiplayer publisher is serving up in the latest edition of its monthly newsletter! Including a new server for its medieval Asia-inspired MMO Metin2, a brand new PvE event for browser-based city builder Ikariam, and summer fun for NosTale, there's plenty of new content to enjoy across the impressive Gameforge roster. AION Classic EU (PC) Major Update "Dominance" Announced Very soon, AION Classic EU players can expect the major "Dominance" update, introducing new dungeons, epic battles, and many valuable rewards. Daevas should gather their most powerful faction friends and prepare for an epic battle between Elyos and Asmodians. Features of AION Classic EU 2.8.5 "Dominance": - Apheta Beluslan Fortress: Tiamat's Fortress, now a dangerous battlefield, becomes an arena for Elyos and Asmodians on Sundays at 10 PM. Victory grants access to t

ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT), a leading provider of networked charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs), today announced an AI-powered driver support tool to rapidly accelerate the diagnosis and repair of charging stations in the field. The software utilizes AI for the first time in the EV charging space to identify physical charger issues, thereby improving their uptime. The software is the latest deliverable of ChargePoint’s ongoing investment in charging station reliability. “By deploying AI technology that can diagnose hardware issues, ChargePoint has a critical new tool joining our Network Operations Center to ensure station uptime”Post this The software is user-friendly on the outside, yet sophisticated behind the scenes. All a driver needs to do when encountering a nonfunctional charging station is submit photos via an improved “report a problem” feature in the ChargePoint app. The app links the issue to the driver’s location and analyzes the images for anomalies, discovered th

During his first mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will serve as a flight engineer and member of the upcoming Expedition 72/73 crew. Kim will launch on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft in March 2025, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky. The trio will spend approximately eight months at the space station. While aboard the orbiting laboratory, Kim will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare the crew for future space missions and provide benefits to people on Earth. NASA selected Kim as an astronaut in 2017. After completing the initial astronaut candidate training, Kim supported mission and crew operations in various roles including the Expedition 65 lead operations officer, T-38 operations liaison, and space station capcom chief engineer. A native of Los Angeles, Kim is a United States Navy lieutenant commander and dual designated naval aviator and flight surgeon. Kim als

Tainaliz Marie Rodríguez Lugo took a deep breath, adjusted her snorkel mask, and plunged into the ocean, fins first. Three weeks earlier, Rodríguez Lugo couldn’t swim. Now the college student was gathering data on water quality and coral reefs for a NASA-led marine biology project in Puerto Rico, where she lives.   “There is so much life down there that I never knew about,” Rodríguez Lugo said. “And it’s beautiful.”   “There is so much life down there that I never knew about, and it’s beautiful.” Tainaliz Marie Rodríguez Lugo OCEANOS 2024 Intern The sea whip and purple sea fans in the photo above are found off the coast of Playa Melones, Culebra, a small island off the east cost of Puerto Rico and a popular destination for snorkelers. Puerto Rico is home to more than 1,300 square miles of coral reefs, which play a vital role in protecting the island from storms, waves, and hurricanes. Reef-related tourism provides nearly $2 billion in annual income for the island. But coral reefs in Pu