: 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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In the end, the Viking landers found no creatures, and biological experiments proved inconclusive.
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David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, China is exploring a multi-part mission architecture that would include an orbiter, a lander and a deep-drilling robot that would attempt to reach the subsurface ocean to search for potential biosignatures.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
And Blue Origin is developing a lunar lander called Blue Moon that could aid such resource extraction.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The agreement, once finalized, will facilitate flights of Astrobotic's Xodiac lander testbed from the Andøya Space facilities.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, China is exploring a multi-part mission architecture that would include an orbiter, a lander and a deep-drilling robot that would attempt to reach the subsurface ocean to search for potential biosignatures.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
And Blue Origin is developing a lunar lander called Blue Moon that could aid such resource extraction.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The agreement, once finalized, will facilitate flights of Astrobotic's Xodiac lander testbed from the Andøya Space facilities.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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