lander
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- noun
- /ˈlændər/
- Specialized
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módulo de aterrizaje
- Additionally, each lander was equipped with a camera that acquired digital images from the Martian surface.
- lunar lander
- Mars lander
- landers and rovers
Did you know that we had Landers on the moon before that?
- Did you know that we had Landers on the moon before that?
- This one is, I think it's the closest to the South Pole of the moon or something of any previous Lander.
- It is a orbiter Lander combination.
- We've, you know, we've got Landers that have explored bits of Mars and things like that.
Examples
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In the United States, fighters from Edwards Air Force Base scrambled and followed the mushroom-shaped lander to touchdown.
Fiction book (1999) -
The lunar lander successfully touched down on the moon's surface, sending back valuable data.
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What is it, ten hours till the lander gets here?
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How about the lunar lander that was supposedly left on the moon?
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Arrive in low lunar orbit and then the Lander will separate and come down to the moon.
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In lunar orbit, the lander would separate from the mother ship and descend to the surface.
Academic text (2009) -
Almost twenty years subsequent to the Viking lander operation, a more sophisticated lander was successfully deployed.
Academic text (2000) -
The Mars Pathfinder lander will act as a base for a "microrover."
Academic text (1994) -
Dust storms could damage landers or even bury them beneath the red Martian soil.
Academic text (2004) -
"To my great dismay, I saw dozens of fresh bootprints stomped at the foot of the lander's ladder."
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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A small spacecraft that carries astronauts from orbit down to the moon's surface and back
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A small spacecraft that takes astronauts from the main spacecraft to the moon's surface and back
How Specialized
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Morphology
Etymology
The word lander comes from land, meaning 'ground', and the ending -er, meaning 'one who' or 'that does'. So a lander is literally something that goes to the ground, which is why we call a spacecraft that touches down on the moon or another planet a lander.