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The Lander is a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) heavy lifting spacecraft built and used by NASA. It is designed to deliver supplies and shelters down to planetary surfaces. Two Landers were used in the Endurance mission, named Lander 1 and Lander 2. History[] Landers were built under the guise of a supply vehicle for a future mission to Mars, but secretly intended for the Endurance mission. They appear attached to the Endurance on opposite sides of the central docking hub, (Lander 1 on starboard with Lander 2 on the port side). Landers can be piloted by either humans or robots, and are used to transport supply pods to a planetary surface from the Endurance.
CASE pilots Lander 1 down to Dr. Mann’s planet, delivering two cargo pods to its icy surface. Brand uses the same Lander to rescue Cooper after Dr. Mann left him to suffocate from ammonia. While Dr. Mann stole Ranger 1 after Romilly’s death, Cooper and Brand picked up TARS and followed Dr. Mann to orbit, where he docked to the Endurance first, but imperfectly. This causes rapid decompression that