: 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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Their main goal is to test out Orion’s ability to rendezvous with one or both of the two lunar landers being developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The centerpiece of this mission will test the ability of the Artemis III astronauts—who have not yet been named, but could be within the coming months—to fly Orion to one or both of the lunar landers and then dock with the lander.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
Starship also remains central to NASA's Artemis moon program, as SpaceX (along with Blue Origin) is among the commercial companies contracted to design a lunar lander to take astronauts to the surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Blue Moon is one of two lunar landers NASA has chosen through the agency's Human Landing System (HLS) contracts, the other being SpaceX's Starship, and is a critical component of NASA's Artemis program that aims to establish a permanent presence on the moon's surface.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 May 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The centerpiece of this mission will test the ability of the Artemis III astronauts—who have not yet been named, but could be within the coming months—to fly Orion to one or both of the lunar landers and then dock with the lander.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
Starship also remains central to NASA's Artemis moon program, as SpaceX (along with Blue Origin) is among the commercial companies contracted to design a lunar lander to take astronauts to the surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 May 2026
Blue Moon is one of two lunar landers NASA has chosen through the agency's Human Landing System (HLS) contracts, the other being SpaceX's Starship, and is a critical component of NASA's Artemis program that aims to establish a permanent presence on the moon's surface.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 May 2026
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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