: 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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But the country is now building toward a robotic lunar lander to be launched by a homegrown rocket, with a grander vision of establishing a moon base by 2045 as part of a long-term exploration road map released by KASA in August.
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Earlier this year, its Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully landed on the moon.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Europe’s long-term Enceladus plans The new mission will require an orbiter and a lander to analyze Enceladus comprehensively.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
In the end, the Viking landers found no creatures, and biological experiments proved inconclusive.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Earlier this year, its Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully landed on the moon.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Europe’s long-term Enceladus plans The new mission will require an orbiter and a lander to analyze Enceladus comprehensively.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
In the end, the Viking landers found no creatures, and biological experiments proved inconclusive.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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