: 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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Firefly Aerospace with Blue Ghost lander under NASA CLPS initiative.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The lunar lander — part of a mission known as Blue Ghost Mission 1 or Ghost Riders in the Sky — will spend 45 days in orbit and 14 days on the surface of the moon.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The British Beagle 2 lander was lost upon landing, only to be discovered in satellite images in 2015.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 30 June 2025
The cargo version is rated to carry about 3 metric tons to the surface, about 10 times the capacity of currently available commercial landers available to NASA.
—ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The lunar lander — part of a mission known as Blue Ghost Mission 1 or Ghost Riders in the Sky — will spend 45 days in orbit and 14 days on the surface of the moon.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The British Beagle 2 lander was lost upon landing, only to be discovered in satellite images in 2015.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 30 June 2025
The cargo version is rated to carry about 3 metric tons to the surface, about 10 times the capacity of currently available commercial landers available to NASA.
—ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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