: 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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Curated by Our Editors Blue Origin will land both of the LTVs via separate missions using its Mark 1 Endurance lander, a cargo version of its lunar lander, NASA also reported on Tuesday.
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will provide a pair of landers to deliver moon buggies to the lunar surface, at a spot near the moon’s south pole.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 27 May 2026
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will provide a pair of landers to deliver moon buggies to the lunar surface, at a spot near the moon's south pole.
—CBS News, 26 May 2026
Garcia-Galan also announced that Blue Origin, with its Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, would deliver each of the rovers separately to the lunar surface.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will provide a pair of landers to deliver moon buggies to the lunar surface, at a spot near the moon’s south pole.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 27 May 2026
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will provide a pair of landers to deliver moon buggies to the lunar surface, at a spot near the moon's south pole.
—CBS News, 26 May 2026
Garcia-Galan also announced that Blue Origin, with its Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, would deliver each of the rovers separately to the lunar surface.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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