: 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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The agency had previously suggested Orion would fly with whichever lander was ready when the time came to launch the mission, even if that meant leaving one behind.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 June 2026
Let’s talk about the other parts, the two lunar landers and their launch vehicles.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026
SpaceX and Blue Origin are each building one of those landers, and the Artemis III mission is designed to demonstrate rendezvous and docking operations between NASA’s own Orion capsule and the new vehicles.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 June 2026
The flight will test rendezvous and docking procedures in low-Earth orbit with moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 10 June 2026
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 10 June 2026
Let’s talk about the other parts, the two lunar landers and their launch vehicles.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026
SpaceX and Blue Origin are each building one of those landers, and the Artemis III mission is designed to demonstrate rendezvous and docking operations between NASA’s own Orion capsule and the new vehicles.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 June 2026
The flight will test rendezvous and docking procedures in low-Earth orbit with moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 10 June 2026
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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