: 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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The ispace lander named Resilience won’t arrive for 4 1/2 months after launch.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Vulcan debuted in January 2024, sending Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander aloft.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Now, SpaceX is focused instead on putting a lander on the moon by March 2027.
—Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 10 Feb. 2026
Lunar controversy While NASA has built the rocket and spacecraft designed to launch astronauts off Earth and to the lunar vicinity, SpaceX has a nearly $3 billion contract to build their lunar lander, or the vehicle that will ferry the crew from their spacecraft down to the moon’s surface.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Vulcan debuted in January 2024, sending Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander aloft.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Now, SpaceX is focused instead on putting a lander on the moon by March 2027.
—Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 10 Feb. 2026
Lunar controversy While NASA has built the rocket and spacecraft designed to launch astronauts off Earth and to the lunar vicinity, SpaceX has a nearly $3 billion contract to build their lunar lander, or the vehicle that will ferry the crew from their spacecraft down to the moon’s surface.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Lander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lander. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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