lander

noun

land·​er ˈlan-dər 

: one that lands

especially : a space vehicle that is designed to land on a celestial body (such as the moon or a planet)

Examples of lander in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The chart shared by NASA showed Orion docking with the Blue Moon lander in an elliptical lunar orbit, approximately 8,500 km above the Moon’s surface. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

If all goes according to plan, New Glenn will lift off first, carrying Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander to low Earth orbit (LEO). — Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Administrator Jared Isaacman said Friday that the space agency is still on track to launch Artemis III next summer on a docking exercise with Elon Musk's and Jeff Bezos' lunar landers. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026

Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2, however, harkens much closer to legacy lunar lander designs. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lander

• brander
• candor
• dander
• gander
• grander
• hander
• laender
• pander
• sander
• slander
• stander
• zander