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lander Definition

lander (landər)

noun

a spacecraft designed to separate from an orbiting spacecraft and make a soft landing on a planet, moon, etc.

lander Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • release: The spacecraft will release a small lander onto the surface of this mysterious cosmic iceberg.
  • name: Her hobbies are reading and surfing the Internet, where she got the idea of naming the lander Philae.
  • use: The research is focused on carrying out the majority of the measurements in-situ using benthic landers.
  • bait: The fauna present at the baited lander where photographed at high frequency for periods of up to 6 months.
  • deploy: Weather buoy networks, research vessels etc. ) Furthermore they have the experience of deploying landers with scientific payloads from contracted marine research vessels.

Adjective modifier

  • lunar: The second is a fairly rare Glencoe Models kit, a speculative 1950s design for a lunar lander.
  • low: As the water level rose it forced the low landers to climb higher and higher into the mountains.
  • benthic: The research is focused on carrying out the majority of the measurements in-situ using benthic landers.
  • Martian: The science package is to be designed for a Martian lander.
  • tiny: As part of the mission, Hayabusa dropped its tiny lander, Minerva, on the surface of the asteroid.
  • robotic: By 2009 robotic landers are due to be surveying its surface in fine detail.

Modifies a noun

  • mission: In-situ observations by future lander missions to Mars may provide a more exhaustive solution to the puzzle.
  • vehicle: The different groups will build lander vehicles to carry out a variety of experiments ranging from sediment probes to fish tracking.
  • image: The Soviet Exploration of Venus includes restored lander images.
  • platform: Wallace noted that the straight-ahead path looks clear for the rover to roll off its lander platform.
  • project: Recently such instrument was proposed to NASA for a future Mars lander project by Cremers from Los Alamos Lab.

Noun used with modifier

  • Viking: Viking lander 2 followed on the 3 rd September, landing in Utopia Planitia the Plain of Utopia.
  • photo: The photo lander will be left next to the 14 km long Sula reef for the next three weeks.
  • robot: The Mars robot lander sent information about surface conditions on the red planet.
  • seabed: ROVs will need to be complemented by seabed landers ( observatories ) of increased sophistication and by improved geophysical sampling equipment.