The Vikram lander has been found, but the odds that it is in working condition are long. Doppler data indicate it landed at more than 110 miles per hour.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/science/india-chandrayaan-2-vikram.html …
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You wrote "In the history of spaceflight, robotic probes that suffer a malfunction while landing on another world are not heard from again." But what about
@Philae2014 from the@ESA_Rosetta mission which was thought to be lost on the surface of#comet67P at first. 1/21 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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But later on it was found on a different place, it still worked and made a great job in the end. 2/2
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I'm splitting hairs, but Philae didn't malfunction on the way down. The harpoon system that was to keep it landed didn't work so it bounced and bounced and ended up in a crevice. Philae completed most of the science before its battery ran out.
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