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• NASA gives up frozen Mars Lander for dead

  NASA scientists have given up hope of finding any signs of life from the Phoenix Mars Lander, giving the robotic machine up for dead on the Martian surface.

  By Computerworld Staff | 25 May, 2010 08:41

  Tags: mars lander, NASA

• NASA listens for signs of Mars Lander life -- one more time

  NASA is making one final effort to detect signs of life in the Mars Lander, which scientists fear has frozen to death on the surface of the Red Planet.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 19 May, 2010 03:56

  Tags: mars lander, NASA. space exploration

• NASA listens for signs of life from Mars Lander

  Ever hopeful, NASA engineers are trying once again to listen for contact from the robotic Phoenix Mars Lander, which is feared frozen to death on the Red Planet.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 06 April, 2010 04:58

  Tags: mars lander, NASA

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  Hello? Hello? NASA's Mars Lander remains silent

  All was silent this week as NASA listened intently for signs of life from its long-frozen robotic Lander, sitting in the cold and dark near the northern pole of Mars.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 23 January, 2010 08:55

  Tags: mars lander, NASA, web 2.0

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  NASA's Mars Lander tweets and blogs about its death

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

  By Heather Havenstein | 12 November, 2008 08:09

  Tags: mars lander, twitter

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  NASA slowly shuts down Mars robot as long night approaches

  After about five months of collecting information on whether Mars can sustain life, NASA scientists have started to shut down heaters, scientific instruments and even the robotic arm onboard the Phoenix Mars Lander.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 30 October, 2008 08:52

  Tags: mars lander, NASA

• NASA robot sends back evidence it's snowing on Mars

  Forget trying to find evidence that there used to be water on Mars. Scientists from NASA said Monday that its instruments on the Red Planet have detected falling snow.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 30 September, 2008 07:57

  Tags: mars lander, NASA