: 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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Instead the agency will rejigger its planned Artemis III mission to test in-orbit capabilities such as using the astronauts’ space suits in microgravity and rendezvousing with at least one of the spacecraft that NASA hopes to use as a lunar lander.
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Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
The Artemis 3 mission will now attempt to rendezvous with a lunar lander in orbit, while Artemis 4 will be the new moon landing mission.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Blue Origin is building a lunar lander that looks more like a traditional, Apollo-style vehicle.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
If only one company's lander is available, that lander would be used for both missions, an official said.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
The Artemis 3 mission will now attempt to rendezvous with a lunar lander in orbit, while Artemis 4 will be the new moon landing mission.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Blue Origin is building a lunar lander that looks more like a traditional, Apollo-style vehicle.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
If only one company's lander is available, that lander would be used for both missions, an official said.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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