: 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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Chang'e 7 features an orbiter, a lander, a rover and a mini-flying probe or hopper, which together will tote to the moon a total of 18 scientific instruments.
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Leonard David, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2026
The ispace lander named Resilience won’t arrive for 4 1/2 months after launch.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
By hitching a ride on Firefly’s lander, Volta gets an early head start.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2025
The company holds a contract with NASA to turn Starship into a lunar lander for the agency’s Artemis program, as NASA races to beat rival China in sending humans back to the moon.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Nov. 2025
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Leonard David, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2026
The ispace lander named Resilience won’t arrive for 4 1/2 months after launch.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
By hitching a ride on Firefly’s lander, Volta gets an early head start.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2025
The company holds a contract with NASA to turn Starship into a lunar lander for the agency’s Artemis program, as NASA races to beat rival China in sending humans back to the moon.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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