: 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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Impulse is developing its own lander, which will be boosted to the Moon by Helios—essentially a kick stage designed to fly on top of a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
For future moon landing missions, those landers would dock in lunar orbit with the Orion spacecraft, allowing two astronauts to board it for a trip to and from the surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 June 2026
That will have ripple effects for Blue Origin's readiness to supply a Blue Moon vehicle for the upcoming Artemis 3 mission to launch the lunar landers to Earth orbit to practice rendezvous and docking maneuvers with the Orion spacecraft.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 1 June 2026
Getting the lander to the moon will require a rocket that can carry a significant amount of mass, Isaacman said.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 June 2026
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
For future moon landing missions, those landers would dock in lunar orbit with the Orion spacecraft, allowing two astronauts to board it for a trip to and from the surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 June 2026
That will have ripple effects for Blue Origin's readiness to supply a Blue Moon vehicle for the upcoming Artemis 3 mission to launch the lunar landers to Earth orbit to practice rendezvous and docking maneuvers with the Orion spacecraft.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 1 June 2026
Getting the lander to the moon will require a rocket that can carry a significant amount of mass, Isaacman said.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 June 2026
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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