lander

Meanings

• noun

  A spacecraft that lands on a planet or other celestial body.

  - "The lunar lander touched down on the moon's surface."
  - "The Mars lander is currently exploring the red planet."

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Pronunciation

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Variants

List of all variants of lander that leads to same result
lander , landers , laender , land , landless , landlessness , landlessnesses , lands , soft-land , soft-landed , soft-lander , soft-landers , soft-landing , soft-lands

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Etymology

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A combination of 'land' and 'rover' or 'vehicle' that lands on a celestial body.

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Trivia

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1. The first successful lunar landing was achieved by the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969.

2. The Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which are not technically landers but rovers with wheels, landed on Mars in 2004 and 2005, respectively.

3. The Soviet Union's Mars 3 mission, which included a lander, made the first successful soft landing on Mars on December 2, 1971.

4. The Huygens probe, which was carried to Titan by the Cassini spacecraft, made a successful landing on Titan on January 14, 2005.

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Related Concepts

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1. Moon lander: A type of lunar lander that is specifically designed to land on the moon.

2. Mars lander: A type of Mars lander that is specifically designed to land on Mars.

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Culture

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The term 'lander' is primarily used in the context of space exploration and is not associated with any significant cultural, historical, or symbolic meaning in literature, art, music, or other forms of expression.

How to Memorize "lander"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a spacecraft descending towards a planet's surface.
   - Visualize the spacecraft touching down and settling on the surface.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'lander' with the image of a spacecraft landing on a planet.
   - Remember that a lander is a spacecraft that lands on a celestial body.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Lander: A Celestial Arrival' to remember the definition of a lander.
   - Use the mnemonic 'Lander: Lands And Descends on Extraterrestrial Realms' to remember the meaning of a lander.

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