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 back-to-the-landers who have remained in their homes are now in their 70s and 80s. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Solo will first fly on the DeepSpace-2 mission, which will launch on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket slated to send Intuitive Machines' third robotic lunar lander toward the moon later this year. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Firefly Aerospace started as a launch company and now builds Moon landers and space tugs. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 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