Loot: 
Like a lot of geeks, we've been following @MarsPhoenix on Twitter. Among the mass of telemetry and science data the lander has been sending, JPL media director Veronica McGregor decoded the little guy's voice and has faithfully given us its story. We refreshed madly during its exhilarating descent, and we saw what it saw as its cameras came on for the first time. We were the first outside JPL to see the tiny white ice cubes it unearthed, looking ready to chill a nice glass of Bawls. For the past six months, Phoenix's tweets have made us feel like the red planet was right there under our collective robotic feet. So it's made us a little sad this week that winter finally arrived and plunged Phoenix's solar cells into a deep freeze from which it will most likely never wake.
We'll miss you, Phoenix. Thank you, and rest in peace.
We'll miss you, Phoenix. Thank you, and rest in peace.
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