: 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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Private American lander tips over on the moon On March 6, Athena, a robotic lander built by the Houston company Intuitive Machines, landed successfully on the moon with a passel of NASA science payloads.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025
To support Artemis, SpaceX plans to launch multiple Starships that would be able to refuel while in orbit and to send a modified Starship lander to the lunar surface.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 26 Dec. 2025
Nevertheless, earlier this year company Lonestar Data Holdings sent a 1-kilogram, 8-terabyte mini data center to the moon aboard an Intuitive Machines lander.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
But the mission has been repeatedly delayed by processing problems, slowdowns during the COVID pandemic, Super Heavy-Starship testing and work to develop the lunar lander, known by NASA as the Human Landing System, or HLS.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025
To support Artemis, SpaceX plans to launch multiple Starships that would be able to refuel while in orbit and to send a modified Starship lander to the lunar surface.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 26 Dec. 2025
Nevertheless, earlier this year company Lonestar Data Holdings sent a 1-kilogram, 8-terabyte mini data center to the moon aboard an Intuitive Machines lander.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2025
But the mission has been repeatedly delayed by processing problems, slowdowns during the COVID pandemic, Super Heavy-Starship testing and work to develop the lunar lander, known by NASA as the Human Landing System, or HLS.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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