Lander
Lander noun - A space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet.
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- The team running the Japanese space probe Hayabusa had to contend with solar flares, control failures, a misfired lander, fuel leaks, communications blackouts, and engine failures.
Source: Determinator / Real Life - And when the lunar lander first landed on the moon, Buzz's first words were: "OK, engine stop."note "Contact light" doesn't quite count in this case; that referred to a probe dangling off one of the lunar lander's landing pads touching the moon's surface.
Source: Appeal to Obscurity -
Before that, the Mars Polar Lander was fitted with a microphone but that probe failed to land.
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