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noun land·er \ˈlan-dər\

Definition of lander

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

Recent Examples of lander from the Web

Landers and Hottle will be the instructors of the course.

— kelly poe, AL.com, "Covalence, Birmingham's coding bootcamp, launching start-your-own-business bootcamp", 2 June 2017
So understanding one of the most important secrets of our own planet relies on sending a lander to a tiny, atmosphere-less, scorching metal ball, sending the craft circling the inner solar system for several years just to stick it into orbit.

— ryan mandelbaum, The Atlantic, "Mercury Is the Inspectah Deck of Planets", 2 June 2017
Humans have spent decades sending robotic missions to other planets, leaving orbiters and dropping landers along the way.

— marina koren, The Atlantic, "NASA Is Launching a Probe to a Star", 31 May 2017
According to Logsdon , on the day Armstrong and Aldrin landed their Apollo 11 lander on the moon, an anonymous citizen placed flowers and a note on Kennedy's gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

— tariq malik space.com managing editor, Fox News, "NASA Honors John F. Kennedy's Space Legacy on His 100th Birthday", 29 May 2017
That program includes both Lucy and Psyche, the InSight lander, and the Dawn probe currently in orbit around Ceres.

— john wenz, Popular Mechanics, "The Winners and Losers in NASA's New Budget Proposal", 23 May 2017
LANDERS: You were born in Brazil, educated in French in Lebanon, went to university in France, had business success at Michelin in the U.S.

— WSJ, "Carlos Ghosn Defends Globalization", 22 May 2017
This six-part series unearths the untold stories of the space program – from the people who created everything from the Saturn V moon rocket to the first successful Mars lander.

— chuck barney, The Mercury News, "TV tonight: ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ finale and a new Miss USA", 14 May 2017
Another series of burns will initiate its descent and help the lander arrive at its targeted spot on the surface.

— NBC News, "Car Maker to Send Lunar Rovers to Historic Moon Landing Site", 11 May 2017

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