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Mars Probe Uses Twitter To Communicate With EarthlingsMars Probe Uses Twitter To Communicate With Earthlings

NASA is using Twitter to communicate with its closest friends on Earth. The Phoenix Mars Lander account on Twitter is <a href="http://twitter.com/marsphoenix">http://twitter.com/marsphoenix</a>, and it started posting to twitter May 7 from interplanetary space. In that short time, it's accumulated about 15,000 followers, making it the 14th most popular Twitter in the galaxy, <a href="http://twitterholic.com/">according to Twitterholic</a>.

Mitch Wagner

June 2, 2008

2 Min Read

NASA is using Twitter to communicate with its closest friends on Earth. The Phoenix Mars Lander account on Twitter is http://twitter.com/marsphoenix, and it started posting to twitter May 7 from interplanetary space. In that short time, it's accumulated about 15,000 followers, making it the 14th most popular Twitter in the galaxy, according to Twitterholic.Some sample messages:

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Mitch Wagner

California Bureau Chief, Light Reading

Mitch Wagner is California bureau chief for Light Reading.

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