NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander tweets and blogs about its death [Computerworld]

Sign of the times…

"Take care of that beautiful blue marble out there in space, our home planet. I'll be keeping an eye from here."

Those were among the last words posted by NASA officials identified as the Phoenix Mars Lander on Twitter. Personnel at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been posting in the voice of the Mars Lander since May 25, when it touched down on the Red Planet during what mission control at the space agency described as "seven minutes of terror."

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander tweets and blogs about its death