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land·er

(lăn′dər)

A space vehicle designed to land on a celestial body, such as the moon or a planet.

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lander

(ˈlændə)

(Astronautics) a spacecraft designed to land on a planet or other body. Compare orbiter

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land•er

(ˈlæn dər)

n.

a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body. Compare orbiter.

[1960–65]

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Noun	1.	Lander - a town in central Wyoming Equality State, WY, Wyoming - a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east
	2.	lander - a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft - a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

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