: 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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Its latest lander, Athena, tipped over, suffering the same embarrassing fate as its predecessor.
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Scott Neuman, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
With the lander unable to generate power, Intuitive Machines declared its mission over.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Their spacecraft, a lander named Athena, was beginning its final descent down to the lunar surface.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
The space agency then awarded a $3.4 billion contract to Blue Origin in 2023 to develop a second lunar lander to fly on that firm’s New Glenn rocket.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025
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Scott Neuman, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
With the lander unable to generate power, Intuitive Machines declared its mission over.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Their spacecraft, a lander named Athena, was beginning its final descent down to the lunar surface.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
The space agency then awarded a $3.4 billion contract to Blue Origin in 2023 to develop a second lunar lander to fly on that firm’s New Glenn rocket.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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