lander

noun

land·​er ˈlan-dər 

: one that lands

especially : a space vehicle that is designed to land on a celestial body (such as the moon or a planet)

Examples of lander in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Luna sample return missions consisted of a lander equipped with a descent stage, ascent stage and Earth return capsule. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026

The Falcon 9 upper-stage that crashed into the moon was used in a mission to propel Firefly Aerospace's uncrewed commercial lunar lander to the moon in a January 2025 launch from Florida. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Both SpaceX and Blue Origin are working to develop lunar landers capable of realizing NASA’s goals. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will provide the lunar landers for NASA’s Artemis astronauts. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lander

• brander
• candor
• dander
• gander
• grander
• hander
• laender
• pander
• sander
• slander
• stander
• zander