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Meet Veronica McGregor, Mars Phoenix Lander’s Humanoid Personality Construct
8:30AM John Mahoney | Over the last few weeks here on Giz, the Mars Phoenix Lander, already a prolific Twitterer, became the first spacecraft to blog from its cold, unforgiving home tens of millions of miles away on Mars as its mission came to end–culminating in a touching goodbye this past Monday. As some of you may have guessed (and, for the rest of you, hate to burst the bubble), Phoenix had some help. Meet JPL’s Manager of News Services Veronica McGregor, the voice of Mars Phoenix Lander. More »
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This is My Farewell Transmission From Mars
6:20AM Gizmodo US Edition | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/space/Mars_Phoenix_This_is_My_Farewell_Transmission_From_Mars'; If you are reading this, then my mission is probably over. This final entry is one that I asked be posted after my mission team announces they’ve lost contact with me. Today is that day and I must say good-bye, but I do it in triumph and not in grief. More »
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Martian Ice Is Why I’m Alive and Why I’m Dying
4:31AM Gizmodo US Edition | This is part three of an ongoing series by our latest guest editor, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander, as it faces its final days. More »
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This is What Landing On Mars Feels Like
6:00AM John Mahoney | This is part 2 of an ongoing series by our latest guest editor, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander, as it faces its final days. More »
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Hello World, Phoenix Lander Here
2:01AM Gizmodo US Edition | It’s time for a heart-to-heart. While I’ve spent my entire mission talking to followers via Twitter, some things just can’t be said in 140 characters or less. So I was thrilled when the editors of Gizmodo asked if I would contribute as a guest blogger, and even more thrilled when they said I could write more than two sentences at a time. More »
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