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Timeout at BoardGameBash

August 17, 2018 Philip Sams

Heading to BoardGameBash this weekend for some gaming fun, and to check out all the vendor offerings. We won’t be…

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Heading to GEN CON 2018

July 31, 2018 Philip Sams

Bran Newton Games will be at GEN CON 2018! We are looking forward to playtesting TAP BATTLE SOCCER in the…

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Welcome to Bran Newton Games

July 25, 2017 Philip Sams

Welcome. We will post articles here about game design, lessons learned, and product updates. Please contact us with suggestions or…

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RSS Latest News – NASA's Mars Exploration Program

  • The Man Who Wanted to Fly on Mars
    The Mars Helicopter is riding to the Red Planet this summer with NASA's Perseverance rover. The helicopter's chief engineer, Bob Balaram, shares the saga of how it came into being.
  • 10.9 Million Names Now Aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
    As part of NASA's 'Send Your Name to Mars' campaign, they've been stenciled onto three microchips along with essays from NASA's 'Name the Rover' contest. Next stop: Mars.
  • NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Takes a New Selfie Before Record Climb
    Along with capturing an image before its steepest ascent ever, the robotic explorer filmed its "selfie stick," or robotic arm, in action.
  • NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Gets Its Sample Handling System
    The system will be collecting and storing Martian rock and soil. Its installation marks another milestone in the march toward the July launch period.
  • Virginia Middle School Student Earns Honor of Naming NASA's Next Mars Rover
    NASA chose a seventh-grader from Virginia as winner of the agency's "Name the Rover" essay contest. Alexander Mather's entry for "Perseverance" was voted tops among 28,000 entries.
  • NASA to Reveal Name of Its Next Mars Rover
    After a months-long contest among students to name NASA's newest Mars rover, the agency will reveal the winning name — and the winning student — this Thursday.
  • The MarCO Mission Comes to an End
    The pair of briefcase-sized satellites made history when they sailed past Mars in 2019.
  • Mars InSight Lander to Push on Top of the 'Mole'
    Engineers have a plan for pushing down on the heat probe, which has been stuck at the Martian surface for a year.
  • Common Questions about InSight's 'Mole'
    The following Q&As with members of the team answer some of the most common questions about the burrowing device, part of a science instrument called the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3).
  • NASA Adds Return Sample Scientists to Mars 2020 Leadership Team
    The leadership council for Mars 2020 science added two new members who represent the interests of scientists destined to handle and study the first samples from Red Planet.
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