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lander (lan′dər)

noun

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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