: 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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Blue Origin has a $3.4-billion contract to build and test a lunar lander for NASA.
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Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Both companies already have lunar landers incorporated into Artemis mission plans.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2025
His lander had returned from 13,000 feet beneath the surface, a gloomy realm untouched by sunlight, and there were bubbles in its payload of sediment.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Beyond commercial and military applications, NASA has contracted a version of Starship under its Human Landing System (HLS) program to serve as one of the lunar landers for the agency's Artemis Program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon’s surface later this decade.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Both companies already have lunar landers incorporated into Artemis mission plans.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2025
His lander had returned from 13,000 feet beneath the surface, a gloomy realm untouched by sunlight, and there were bubbles in its payload of sediment.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Beyond commercial and military applications, NASA has contracted a version of Starship under its Human Landing System (HLS) program to serve as one of the lunar landers for the agency's Artemis Program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon’s surface later this decade.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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