: 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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Check out Blue Ghost's amazing view of Earth eclipsing the Moon as the lander travels on orbit.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Then one of the legs failed and the lander fell over.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
Bezos’ Blue Origin and Musk’s SpaceX have competed in recent years for governmental contracts and funding to develop a lunar lander for Artemis V, a NASA mission that will return astronauts to the moon in 2029.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
And the lunar lander that NASA ordered from Blue Origin as an alternate to a version of SpaceX’s Starship will fly on New Glenn.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Then one of the legs failed and the lander fell over.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
Bezos’ Blue Origin and Musk’s SpaceX have competed in recent years for governmental contracts and funding to develop a lunar lander for Artemis V, a NASA mission that will return astronauts to the moon in 2029.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
And the lunar lander that NASA ordered from Blue Origin as an alternate to a version of SpaceX’s Starship will fly on New Glenn.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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