Lander

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  • noun. A space vehicle designed to land on a celestial body, such as the moon or a planet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who lands or makes a landing.
  • noun. One who lands or sets on land; especially, in mining, a man who stands at the mouth of a shaft or other landing-place, in order to receive the kibble when it comes up, and to see that its contents are properly disposed of. Also called, in England, banksman.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who lands, or makes a landing.
  • noun. A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.
  • noun. A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
  • noun. An illegal immigrant.
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  • noun. a town in central Wyoming
  • noun. a space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet
  • Word Usage
    "If development money for a heavy lift vehicle or a lunar lander is cut, delayed or otherwise diverted we'll know the true nature of the Administrations commitment to space exploration."
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