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Country singer Ernest Keith Smith says he felt lost after abruptly leaving Ella Langley’s Dandelion Tour to focus on his health, later telling fans on Instagram he’s been rethinking his path and reconnecting with his faith. He thanked supporters, explained he’s taking time away to reset priorities, and shared a hopeful note that he’ll return to music stronger, with a renewed sense of purpose.
ESPN says it had no involvement in Pat McAfee's album The Diary of a Polarizing Figure, despite praise from colleagues. The 14-song project, produced with Ernest and DeVille Records, uses McAfee’s diary-like lyrics to reflect on haters and his rise from Philadelphia to NFL punter to broadcasting star. Reactions ranged from praise by Kirk Herbstreit and Dan Orlovsky to skepticism from some outlets and fans, but ESPN remains focused on ongoing contract extension talks with McAfee (potentially around $60 million per year) and McAfee hints there could be more music to come.
NASA's ERNEST rover prototype, built by JPL, completed a 16-mile desert trek in Southern California, mostly autonomously, thanks to new wheels, an active suspension and AI-driven obstacle navigation. The seven-day test aims to inform future lunar and Martian rovers with greater range, speed and terrain flexibility than traditional six-wheel rocker-bogie designs.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is field-testing ERNEST, a compact autonomous rover designed to move faster across rugged terrain for future Moon and Mars missions. In a desert trial, ERNEST reached up to 0.6 mph and covered about 16 miles over roughly 37 hours, using mesh-wheeled propulsion, four steerable wheels, and two powered front joints to switch among gaits like squirming, wheel-walking, and obstacle-climbing. Trained with reinforcement learning, the rover can navigate autonomously and even drive sideways, aiming to reach previously inaccessible regions on upcoming missions.
NASA's JPL is field-testing ERNEST, an Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain, to refine mobility and autonomous navigation for future long-range lunar and Mars missions. In March 2026 in the Colorado Desert, the four-wheeled prototype drove about 16 miles (37 hours) with minimal intervention, using active suspension (with a passive mode) and a gimbaled front to handle rugged terrain. The rover is being trained with reinforcement learning in a high-fidelity simulator before autonomous, longer-range lunar testing, aiming to reach speeds far beyond current rovers like Perseverance and Curiosity.