Lander
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Science
- Lander (spacecraft)Lander (spacecraft)A lander is a spacecraft which descends toward and comes to rest on the surface of an astronomical body. For bodies with atmospheres, the landing is called atmospheric reentry and the lander descends as a re-entry vehicle...
, type of spacecraft which descends to the surface of an astronomical body - Lander (crater)Lander (crater)Lander is a lunar crater that is located just to the north-northeast of the prominent Tsiolkovskiy, on the far side of the Moon.Attached to the northeastern rim of Lander is Volkov J, which is joined with Volkov to the north. Just to the southeast of Lander is Patsaev...
, lunar crater - Benthic landerBenthic landerBenthic landers are observational platforms that sit on the seabed or benthic zone to record physical, chemical or biological activity. The landers are autonomous and have deployment durations from a few days to several years .Benthic landers come in a variety of shapes and sizes depending upon...
, oceanographic measuring platform which sits on the seabedSeabedThe seabed is the bottom of the ocean.- Ocean structure :Most of the oceans have a common structure, created by common physical phenomena, mainly from tectonic movement, and sediment from various sources...
or benthic zoneBenthic zoneThe benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. Organisms living in this zone are called benthos. They generally live in close relationship with the substrate bottom; many such...
Lander
- Anton LanderAnton LanderSven Anton Lander is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League...
(born 1991), Swedish ice hockey player - Bernard LanderBernard LanderRabbi Dr. Bernard Lander , founder and first president of Touro College, was a social scientist and educator, a preeminent leader in the Jewish community and a pioneer in Jewish and general higher education.-Biography:...
(1915–2010), Founder of Touro CollegeTouro CollegeTouro College is a sponsored independent institution of higher and professional education, in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by Dr. Bernard Lander, the College was established primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage, and to serve the larger American community... - David LanderDavid LanderDavid L. Lander is an American actor, comedian, composer, musician, and baseball scout. David is also the Goodwill Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.- Biography :...
(born 1947), American actor and author - Eric LanderEric LanderEric Steven Lander is a Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , a member of the Whitehead Institute, and director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard who has devoted his career toward realizing the promise of the human genome for medicine. He is co-chair of U.S...
(born 1957), American professor of biology - Frederick W. LanderFrederick W. LanderFrederick West Lander was a transcontinental United States explorer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a prolific poet.-Birth and early years:...
(1822–1862), American engineer - Harald LanderHarald LanderHarald Lander is a Danish dancer, choreographer and artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet.Lander started as a dancer, studying under ballet master Michel Fokine in 1926-27...
(1910–1961), Danish balletmaster and husband of- Margot LanderMargot LanderMargot Ella Florentz Lander , a prima ballerina with the Royal Danish Ballet, was the most important Danish ballerina of the first half of the twentieth century....
(1910–1961), Norwegian-born prima ballerina
- Margot Lander
- John Lander (explorer) (1807–1839), Cornish explorer
- John St Helier LanderJohn St Helier LanderJohn St Helier Lander was a noted portrait painter. Born John Helier Lander, he added the St. to acknowledge his birth place of Saint Helier in the Channel Islands...
(1868–1944), British artist - John Lander (rower)John Lander (rower)John Gerard Heath Lander was a British rower who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the Second World War....
(1907–1941), British rower; Olympic gold medalist at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Johnny LanderJohnny Lander-Playing career:Lander joined Burslem Port Vale in September 1892. His first match was a 4-0 defeat at Sheffield United on 17 December 1892. He scored two goals in his next two games but was released at the end of the 1892–93 season.-References:...
, footballer - Leena LanderLeena LanderLeena Lander is a Finnish author. In 1992 she won the Thanks for the Book Award for Tummien perhosten koti , which was made into a successful Finnish film in 2008. She also won the Pro Finlandia award in 2000.- External links :* *...
(born 1955), Finnish writer - Morgan LanderMorgan LanderMorgan Lee Lander is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian alternative metal group Kittie. Her sister, Mercedes Lander, plays drums for Kittie. She is known for her use of metal growls as a vocalist, though she also sings with a clean voice as well...
(born 1982), Canadian heavy metal singer - Nicholas LanderNicholas LanderNicholas Lander is a consultant to and writer on the restaurant industry.He studied at Cambridge University and Manchester Business School before establishing himself as one of Britain's foremost restaurateurs in the 1980s with L'Escargot restaurant in Soho, London.Since 1989 he has been the...
(born 1952), Restaurant writer and consultant - Richard Lemon LanderRichard Lemon LanderRichard Lemon Lander was a Cornish explorer of western Africa.-Biography:Lander was the son of a Truro innkeeper, born in the Daniell Arms. Lander's explorations began as an assistant to the Scottish explorer Hugh Clapperton on an expedition to Western Africa in 1825...
(1804–1834), Cornish explorer of western Africa - Sir Stephen LanderStephen LanderSir Stephen James Lander, KCB is a former chairman of the United Kingdom's Serious Organised Crime Agency , who also served as Director-General of the British Security Service from 1996 to 2002.-Career:...
(born 1947), British security/anti-crime official - Tim LanderTim LanderTim Lander is a Canadian poet .Born in Surrey, England, he studied at the University of London. In 1964, Lander emigrated to Canada....
(born 1938), Canadian poet
Landers
- Bob LandersBob LandersBob Landers was a rugby league player in Australia’s New South Wales Rugby League competition for the Eastern Suburbs and the Penrith Panthers clubs.-Biography:...
, Australian rugby league footballer - John LandersJohn LandersJohn Maxwell Landers was Principal of Hertford College, Oxford until September 2011.Landers was educated at Hertford College, Oxford and Churchill College, Cambridge...
(born 1952), Principal of Hertford College, Oxford - John Joe LandersJohn Joe LandersJohn Joe 'Purty' Landers was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Austin Stacks and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1928 until 1938. Landers and his two brothers, Tim and Bill, won twelve All-Ireland medals between them...
(1907-2001), Irish sportsperson
Locations
- Lander, California, United States
- Lander, PennsylvaniaLander, PennsylvaniaLander is a small unincorporated community in Farmington Township in Warren County, Pennsylvania. The border town is located on Pennsylvania Route 957 to the east of the borough of Sugar Grove and to the west of the similar unincorporated community of Russell....
, United States - Lander, WyomingLander, WyomingLander is a city in, and the county seat of, Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Named for transcontinental explorer Frederick W. Lander, Lander is located in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. A tourism center with several dude ranches nearby, Lander is located just...
, United States - Lander County, NevadaLander County, NevadaLander County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 5,794. Its county seat is Battle Mountain.-History:...
, United States - Lander College for MenLander CollegeThe Lander College for Men is a private, men's honors division of Touro College located in Kew Gardens Hills, New York. Its stated goal is to provide a rigorous college curriculum while maintaining a traditional Yeshiva environment...
, Jewish college in New York - Lander UniversityLander UniversityLander University is a public university located in Greenwood, South Carolina. It is the state's smallest publicly-funded baccalaureate institution.-History:...
, public university in South Carolina - LänderLänderLänder or Bundesländer may refer to:* States of Germany, the 16 federal subdivisions of Germany* States of Austria, the 9 federal subdivisions of Austria...
, the states that make up the federal republics of GermanyStates of GermanyGermany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
and AustriaStates of AustriaAustria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder . Since Land is also the German word for a country, the term Bundesländer is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses both terms...
Video games
- Lunar Lander (arcade game)Lunar Lander (arcade game)Lunar Lander is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1979, which uses a vector monitor to display vector graphics. Although not particularly successful, a vector-graphics generator was the impetus of Atari's most successful coin-operated game: Asteroids. The object of the game is to pilot a...
, an arcade game - Lunar Lander (computer game), one of several video games
- Lander (computer game), computer game published by Psygnosis in 1999
- Lander (game demo), the 3D game demo provided with the Acorn Archimedes computer
Other
- Lander (Transformers)Lander (Transformers)-Transformers: Generation 1:As a ground tank, Lander can reach speeds exceeding 400 km/h. In his human guise he is an automovive planner from New York. He is skilled at land attacks and is the physically strongest Autobot Pretender...
- Lander CollegeLander CollegeThe Lander College for Men is a private, men's honors division of Touro College located in Kew Gardens Hills, New York. Its stated goal is to provide a rigorous college curriculum while maintaining a traditional Yeshiva environment...
for Men - Lander Simulation & Training Solutions, Spanish company specialised in commercial simulation devices aimed at training.