: 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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As part of its agreement with Volta Space Technologies, a LightPort wireless power receiver will be mounted atop the upper deck of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
By hitching a ride on Firefly’s lander, Volta gets an early head start.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2025
From reusable rockets to lunar landers, Blue Origin is shaping the next chapter of space exploration.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 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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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
By hitching a ride on Firefly’s lander, Volta gets an early head start.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2025
From reusable rockets to lunar landers, Blue Origin is shaping the next chapter of space exploration.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 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 20 Dec. 2025.
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