: one that lands
especially
: a space vehicle that is designed to land on a celestial body (such as the moon or a planet)
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Intuitive Machines, for example, recently saw its Odysseus lander touch down on its side, while Russia’s Luna-25 crashed in 2023 due to a propulsion system issue.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
The moon-sailing Argonaut is a lander concept from the European Space Agency (ESA), of which DLR is a part.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Sometime next year, Blue Origin plans to fly its Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo-only lander on New Glenn (named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth).
—PC Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025
New Glenn will next launch Blue Origin’s Blue Moon uncrewed lander in early 2026.
—Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
The moon-sailing Argonaut is a lander concept from the European Space Agency (ESA), of which DLR is a part.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Sometime next year, Blue Origin plans to fly its Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo-only lander on New Glenn (named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth).
—PC Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025
New Glenn will next launch Blue Origin’s Blue Moon uncrewed lander in early 2026.
—Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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