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☆ Space Force Guardians became the first 'space cowboys' after completing the Army's rigorous spur ride challenges
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Thomas Novelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Three Space Force Guardians earned their spurs after finishing a series of rigorous combat tests. They completed the Army Cavalry Spur Ride, becoming the US military's first 'space cowboys.' AdvertisementA US Space Force spur ride candidate hydrates during a spur ride at Fort Bliss, Texas. AdvertisementUS Space Force spur ride candidates move a litter with a BGM-71 TOW, low crawling through the sand at Fort Bliss, Texas. A US Space Force spur ride candidate takes a breather before continuing through an obstacle during a spur ride at Fort Bliss, Texas.

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☆ While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Boeing is about to fly NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time. Still, the FAA, NASA, and other aerospace experts have questioned Boeing's overall safety culture. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams conduct suited operations in the Boeing Starliner simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center. This Crew Flight Test mission is over a decade in the making. He added that those calculations are for a full 210-day mission, while Whilmore's and Williams's test flight lasts just one week.

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☆ The Link, Dubai: The UAE’s longest suspended infinity pool just opened on the world’s longest cantilever building
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The newly opened twin skyscrapers One Za’abeel are home to the world’s longest cantilever building and on it, the United Arab Emirates’ longest suspended infinity pool, which is 120 meters (393 feet) in length. The 120-meter-long (394-feet) pool at The Link is the UAE's longest suspended infinity pool. World's highest infinity pool: Dubai has another Guinness World Record to add to the pile. Courtesy Address Hotel + Resorts Two world records: The skybridge connecting the top part of Jumeirah Gate is home to luxury apartments. Courtesy Address Hotel + Resorts Bedroom: There are 217 guest rooms and suites in the hotel and close to 1,000 apartments in Address Beach Residences.

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☆ Apple Vision Pro review: This is the future of computing and entertainment
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Todd Haselton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTApple Vision Pro Todd Haselton | CNBCIt's night. Here's what you need to know:What's goodApple Vision Pro Source: AppleI was skeptical when I first met with Apple to see the Vision Pro. Apple Vision Pro. Photos in the Apple Vision Pro Todd Haselton | CNBCI love the "spatial photos" you can capture using the cameras on the outside of the Vision Pro or with the latest iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Apple Vision Pro Todd Haselton | CNBC

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☆ When Masters of Black-and-White Spin the Color Wheel
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Arthur Lubow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

His black-and-white picture of Big Tex, the cowboy effigy that hovers over the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, shows a motley assortment of Texans sitting and cavorting beneath the absurd figure. In the color variant, much of the space is taken up by a blank blue sky and the visitors are indistinct, so that the comedy is drained. In the color image, probably taken an instant later, the man is looking at the camera, the woman’s expression has changed, and the impact is diffused by the photographer’s own obscuring shadow and a distracting crowd of passers-by. The previously published “White Sands National Monument, New Mexico,” 1964, transposes Winogrand’s fascination with alienated and isolated Americans into a beautiful blue-and-white image. And some of his very early Coney Island photographs, taken in the ’50s, use color to convey the tender vulnerability of sand-streaked flesh.

Persons: Big Tex, Coney Organizations: State Fair of, Texans, Zoo Locations: State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Zoo , New York, Sands, New Mexico

☆ US Army tests new missile set to replace ATACMS, weapons Ukraine has used to punish Russia's helicopter fleet
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program is expected to give a boost to field artillery units. The Army says PrSM will extend the range of ATACMS, which Ukraine has used with great success. During a demonstration last week at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the missile cleared a production qualification test flight. US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) firing a missile into the East Sea during a South Korea-U.S. joint missile drill. "The excuse often cited to not sending" the 186-mile range ATACMS "is that there are not many to spare in the US inventory," Rice told Business Insider.

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☆ An Epic Pilgrimage Across Three Great Religions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Aatish Taseer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

Before there was tourism, there was pilgrimage: a trip of endurance, hardship and ecstasy in celebration of one’s faith. On an epic pilgrimage of his own, one writer ventures into the heart of three great religions in Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq. The Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala the day after Ashura. “They’re poor, but they come thousands of kilometers for the love of Imam Hussein.” PILGRIMAGE WAS A great equalizer. “Labaik ya Hussein,” came the solemn chorus of surrounding voices.

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☆ Thousands flock to Trinity Site for first time since ‘Oppenheimer’ release
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —“Oppenheimer” may have given the Trinity Site a boost of fame this summer, but for many history buffs, making a pilgrimage to the area is a journey years in the making. Nearly 4,000 people flocked to the Trinity Site this past Saturday, according to the White Sand Missile Range Public Affairs Office, waiting hours to visit the infamous ground zero, where the first atomic bomb was detonated. In total, that’s about six hours — all just to see the Trinity Site, a goal he’s had for years. Visitors tour the Trinity Site on October 21. Jim Cutler/White Sands Test Center Material Test DirectorateTise, who completed his first visit this year, called the experience “sobering.”“The Trinity test helped win World War II and saved countless American lives.

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Kyiv CNN —Over the last week, a secret delivery of American weapons and a cross-river raid have injected much-needed energy into Ukraine’s largely stalled counteroffensive. In the east, Ukrainians claim to have inflicted massive losses on Russian forces trying to encircle an embattled city. Russian forces have launched waves of attacks repelled by the Ukrainian troops who are heavily entrenched in the area. Smoke rises above the area of the front line town of Avdiivka on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. Stringer/AFP/Getty ImagesAvdiivka is no stranger to Russian assaults and has been on the front line of the conflict in eastern Ukraine since 2014.

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White Sands officials warned online that the wait to enter the gates could be as long as two hours. Visitors also are being warned to come prepared as Trinity Site is in a remote area with limited Wi-Fi and no cell service or restrooms. Scientists and military officials established a secret city in Los Alamos during the 1940s and tested their work at the Trinity Site some 200 miles (322 kilometers) away. While the lore surrounding the atomic bomb has become pop culture fodder, it was part of a painful reality for residents who lived downwind of Trinity Site. The notoriety from “Oppenheimer” has been embraced in Los Alamos, more than 200 miles (321 kilometers) north of the Tularosa Basin.

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☆ How to watch the ‘ring of fire’ eclipse
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —On Saturday, a celestial spectacle will occur over North, Central and South America as an annular solar eclipse creates a “ring of fire” in the sky. The annular solar eclipse will begin in the United States at 9:13 a.m. PT (12:13 p.m. To view the annular eclipse safely, wear certified ISO 12312-2 compliant solar eclipse glasses or use a handheld solar viewer. Eclipse glasses allow for the safe viewing of all phases of an annular or partial solar eclipse. The small holes will reflect the sun’s crescent during a partial eclipse or a ring during the annular eclipse.

Persons: CNN —, ”, Mitzi Adams, Alberto Buzzola, you’ll, Kelly Korreck, David Gray, Bill Ingalls Organizations: CNN, NASA, Science, Marshall Space, American Eclipse, American Astronomical Society Locations: North, Central, South America, United States, Oregon, Gulf Coast, Texas, Nevada , Utah, New Mexico, California , Idaho , Colorado, Arizona, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Natal, Brazil, Taiwan, Alaska, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Kerrville , Texas, White Sands , New Mexico

Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday's rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. It’s a prelude to the total solar eclipse that will sweep across Mexico, the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada, in six months. HOW TO PROTECT YOUR EYES DURING THE ECLIPSEBe sure to use safe, certified solar eclipse glasses, Lockwood stressed. April’s total solar eclipse will crisscross the U.S. in the opposite direction. Almost all these places missed out during the United States’ coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 2017.

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☆ 20,000-year-old footprints show humans have been in the Americas longer than previously thought, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In 2021, researchers dated ancient human footprints in New Mexico to at least 20,000 years ago. New data bolsters the evidence for the original date, among the earliest for humans in the Americas. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn White Sands National Park, New Mexico, mingled among tracks of mammoths, ground sloths, and other ancient animals, researchers found human footprints. The footprints — and other recent evidence — push back the date of human arrival by thousands of years. They radiocarbon dated pollen grains from conifer plants in the area.

Persons: —, Kathleen Springer, Sally Reynolds, Jeff Pigati, Bente Philippsen, Loren Davis Organizations: Service, Sands, US Geological Survey, Washington, National Parks Service, Geological Survey, Science, Springer, Oregon State University, NPR Locations: New Mexico, Americas, , New Mexico, White

☆ How ancient footprints rewrote a chapter of early human history
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And for scientists, preserved footprints can lead to unexpected journeys into the past that rewrite history. National Park ServiceWhen the discovery of 61 fossilized human footprints found in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park was first announced in 2021, the ancient find changed the timeline of early humans living in the Americas. That’s why the footprints represent such a crucial missing chapter in human history. Across the universePlanetlike objects were spotted in a new image of the Orion Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA/ESA/CSAAstronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the glowing Orion Nebula and found something completely unexpected: pairs of planetlike objects.

Persons: we’ve, Trailblazers, Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman’s, James Webb, ”, Samuel G, Pearson, Webb, Edward Marshall, Christopher Columbus, —, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Park Service, Sands, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, ESA, CSA, Telescope, European Space Agency, Comedy, CNN Space, Science Locations: New, Americas, North America, China, Redonda, Flora Redonda, Caribbean, Indonesia

The estimated age of the footprints was first reported in Science in 2021, but some researchers raised concerns about the dates. It uses two entirely different materials found at the site, ancient conifer pollen and quartz grains. The new study isolated about 75,000 grains of pure pollen from the same sedimentary layer that contained the footprints. “Dating pollen is arduous and nail-biting,” said Kathleen Springer, a research geologist at the United States Geological Survey and a co-author of the new paper. Ancient footprints of any kind — left by humans or megafauna like big cats and dire wolves — can provide archaeologists with a snapshot of a moment in time, recording how people or animals walked or limped along and whether they crossed paths.

Persons: ”, Thomas Urban, Thomas Stafford, “, Kathleen Springer, Jennifer Raff Organizations: White Sands National, Cornell University, United States Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: New Mexico, Americas, White Sands, Science, Russia, Alaska, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Brazil

☆ Scientists say they’ve confirmed evidence that humans arrived in the Americas far earlier than previously thought
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

This date dramatically pushed back the timeline of humans’ history in the Americas, the last landmass to be settled by prehistoric people. National Park ServiceHowever, some archaeologists questioned the age of the footprints established by those initial findings. Human footprints infilled with white gypsum sand at White Sands National Park. A trench at the study site with David Bustos, White Sands National Park's resource program manager, in the foreground. Nor, despite advances in genetic evidence, is it clear whether one or many populations of early modern humans made the long journey.

Persons: ”, Kathleen Springer, “, David Bustos, Jeff Pigati, there’s, Bente, Jennifer Raff Organizations: CNN, Service, Science, Sands, Park Service, Geological Survey, White Sands, Norwegian University of Science, Technology, North, University of Kansas Locations: what’s, New Mexico, Americas, Tularosa, White Sands, North America, Asia, New York City, Cincinnati, Des Moines , Iowa, Alaska

☆ New tests confirm antiquity of ancient human footprints in New Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A 2021 study by these researchers also dated the footprints, based on tiny plant seeds embedded in the sediment alongside them, to about 21,000 to 23,000 years ago. This paper is that corroborative exercise," added study co-lead author Kathleen Springer, also a USGS research geologist in Denver. Scientists believe our species entered North America from Asia by trekking across a land bridge that once connected Siberia to Alaska. The researchers also used optically stimulated luminescence dating to determine the age of quartz grains within the footprint-bearing sediments. "And just like today, if anyone walks in a similar setting, their footprints are preserved if they are covered with another layer of sediment," Springer added.

Persons: Jeff Pigati, Kathleen Springer, sapiens, Matthew Bennett, Bennett, Pigati, Springer, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Sands, U.S . Geological Survey, Scientists, North America, Bournemouth University, Thomson Locations: North America, New Mexico, Illinois, Denver, Africa, Asia, Siberia, Alaska, North, England

☆ A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse is coming soon. Here’s what you should know
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The annular solar eclipse will begin in the United States at 9:13 a.m. PT (12:13 p.m. When the moon crosses between Earth and the sun during an annular solar eclipse, a signature "ring of fire" of sunlight is still visible. To view the annular eclipse, wear certified eclipse glasses or use a handheld solar viewer. Eclipse glasses are necessary to safely view the entirety of an annular solar eclipse. The next eclipseA total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Mexico, Canada and more than 10 US states on April 8, 2024.

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☆ Trinity Site, where first atomic blast was set off, opens for one day in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Kathleen Bangs | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Trinity Site is the national historic landmark that’s home to mankind’s first nuclear blast on July 16, 1945, where plutonium gamma rays lit up the night sky. A caution sign warns of radioactive materials at Trinity Site in New Mexico back in 2008. The open house event, hosted by the US Army, is free but limited to the first 5,000 guests, on a first-come, first-served basis. Trinity Site’s atmosphere during an open house is reminiscent of a small-town carnival from a bygone era. And on April 6, 2024, Trinity Site again opens for a single day.

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☆ You Can Take Your Dog to a National Park, but You’ll Both Need to Be Very, Very Good
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Lauren Sloss | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Yes, dogs are allowed in most national parksFirst things first: Dogs are, by and large, allowed in national parks. In all parks, dogs must be on leashes no longer than six feet, and picking up and disposing of pet excrement is a must. In Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks, dogs are largely restricted to developed car campgrounds and paved roads, while others, like White Sands, in New Mexico, have more areas open to dogs, though they must be leashed. They make a point to speak to park rangers on arrival to get the most up-to-date information and suggestions on which areas to visit. “In Joshua Tree, the rangers directed me to a four-wheel-drive road that no one goes on,” Ms. LaFleur said.

Persons: Danielle LaFleur, Brodin Ramsey, Chia, “, Joshua Tree, Ms, LaFleur, ” Organizations: Park Service, Yellowstone National Parks, Service Locations: Yosemite, White, New Mexico

☆ Fact Check-Surviving cameras do not prove nuclear tests are ‘fake’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Cameras used to film nuclear tests were placed far enough away from the test site or designed to withstand the blast and radiation. However, photography of nuclear tests has been well documented since 1945, with safeguards such as camera distance and special design features to withstand explosions. Footage by the Federal Civil Defense Administration of 1950s nuclear tests is viewable (here). The world’s first nuclear test was conducted by the United States in 1945, known as the Trinity test. It is well documented that cameras or film can survive nuclear tests and is not proof that footage of the tests is fake.

Persons: “, Joe Rogan, Alan Carr, ” Carr, Peter Kuran, ”, Carr, Kuran, Annie, Read Organizations: United, YouTube, Federal Civil Defense Administration, CNN, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Trinity, Atomic Heritage Foundation, White, Missile, Museum, Teapot, Defense Technical, Operation Teapot, Reuters Locations: United States

☆ 'Oppenheimer' mania pushes Army to warn of long tourist lines at Trinity atomic test site
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A photograph of the 16 July 1945 first atomic bomb test is displayed along a fence at Ground Zero at Trinity Site, at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico 05 July 2005. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army said its upcoming open house of the Trinity Site is expected to receive "a larger than normal crowd" due to the overwhelming popularity of Universal's "Oppenheimer." The Trinity Site on White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico is where the world's first atomic bomb was tested. Twice a year the U.S. Army allows visitors to tour the site where the "Gadget," a six-foot sphere with a grapefruit-sized powerful plutonium heart, was detonated. Following the open house in October, the U.S. Army will allow visitors again on April 6, 2024.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Oppenheimer, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Read, —, John Donne Organizations: White, WASHINGTON — The U.S . Army, Manhattan Project, Raytheon, U.S . Army, U.S, Comcast, CNBC Locations: New Mexico, WASHINGTON — The, American, British, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, NBCUniversal

☆ Theme Park’s Selective History Appeals to a New Spanish Nationalism
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Constant Méheut | More About Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Moving through the darkened holds of a replica of Christopher Columbus’s ship, visitors on a recent afternoon marveled at the tangle of compasses, cordage and barrels. At last, a voice shouted “Land!” and the white sands of America appeared. May it be for the greater glory of God,” Columbus was then heard telling Queen Isabella I of Castile. The popularity of the park has come as a surprise in a country that has long been shy about celebrating its history. Nationalist sentiments were largely taboo after the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco, who died in the 1970s.

Persons: Christopher Columbus’s, “, ” Columbus, Queen Isabella I of Castile, Fou, Gen, Francisco Franco Locations: America, Spain

☆ Good News, Florida. The Giant Seaweed Blob Has Shrunk.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | More About Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For months, Florida’s usually picturesque coast was plagued by a rotting tangle of seaweed, known as sargassum. Scientists said they had expected the sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico to wane eventually — but not so fast, or by so much. “That is a surprise,” said Chuanmin Hu, a professor of oceanography at the University of South Florida, noting that there was still “a lot of sargassum” in the Tropical Atlantic. “The good news is the sargassum season for Florida is very likely over for this year. Last month, the amount of sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico dropped by a staggering 75 percent, Dr. Hu and colleagues at the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab noted in a bulletin published last week.

Persons: Beachgoers, ”, Chuanmin Hu, it’s, . Hu Organizations: University of South, Oceanography Locations: Gulf, Mexico, University of South Florida, Florida, Eastern Caribbean

☆ 7 of the most iconic photos of Earth taken from space
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The first photo of Earth from space, taken just 65 miles above our planetThe first shot of Earth from space captured by a camera at an altitude of 65 miles, just above the edge of space U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LaboratoryOn October 24, 1946, 11 years before the launch of Sputnik I, a 35-mm motion picture camera onboard a V-2 rocket captured a grainy black and white photo of Earth. It's the first image of our planet from space. The image was taken at an altitude of 65 miles, just above the Karman Line, which is the boundary between the atmosphere and outer space. No astronauts were onboard the rocket — the camera automatically took a picture every 1.5 seconds. The film miraculously survived the missile's planned crash landing.

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