Low-Energy Lunar Trajectory Design

<p>Based on years of research conducted at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, <i>Low-Energy Lunar Trajectory Design</i> provides high-level information to mission managers and detailed information to mission designers about low-energy transfers between Earth and the moon. The book answers high-level questions about the availability and performance of such transfers in any given month and year. Low-energy lunar transfers are compared with various other types of transfers, and placed within the context of historical missions.</p> <p>Using this book, designers may reconstruct any transfer described therein, as well as design similar transfers with particular design parameters.</p> <p>An Appendix, “Locating the Lagrange Points,” and a useful list of terms and constants completes this technical reference.</p> <ul> <li>Surveys thousands of possible trajectories that may be used to transfer spacecraft between Earth and the moon, including transfers to lunar libration orbits, low lunar orbits, and the lunar surface</li> <li>Provides information about the methods, models, and tools used to design low-energy lunar transfers</li> <li>Includes discussion about the variations of these transfers from one month to the next, and the important operational aspects of implementing a low-energy lunar transfer</li> <li>Additional discussions address navigation, station-keeping, and spacecraft systems issues</li> </ul>