: 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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Artemis 3 is scheduled to land with astronauts in 2027 or 2028, pending readiness of the SpaceX Starship lander currently tasked to land astronauts there.
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Researchers have unveiled two world-first deep-ocean landers designed to probe the origins of dark oxygen, which is produced in complete darkness thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
The mission consists of the Blue Ghost lunar lander, the Elytra Dark orbital vehicle, and the Lunar Surface Electromagnetic Explorer Night system (LuSEE Night).
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
Firefly plans to launch its lander toward the moon’s South Pole by the end of 2026.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2025
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Researchers have unveiled two world-first deep-ocean landers designed to probe the origins of dark oxygen, which is produced in complete darkness thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
The mission consists of the Blue Ghost lunar lander, the Elytra Dark orbital vehicle, and the Lunar Surface Electromagnetic Explorer Night system (LuSEE Night).
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
Firefly plans to launch its lander toward the moon’s South Pole by the end of 2026.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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