Abstract The Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics of the Moon's
Interaction with the Sun (ARTEMIS) mission is a spin-off from NASA's Medium-class Explorer …

Based on years of research conducted at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Low-Energy
Lunar Trajectory Design provides high-level information to mission managers and detailed …

Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits (NRHOs), a subset of the halo orbits characterized by favorable
stability properties, are strong candidates for a future inhabited facility in the lunar vicinity. To …

We present a study of the low-thrust transfer problem near the secondary body in the Earth–
Moon circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP). Based on the Pontryagin maximum …

The application of forces in multi-body dynamical environments to permit the transfer of
spacecraft from Earth orbit to Sun–Earth weak stability regions and then return to the Earth …

This paper presents a method to construct optimal transfers between unstable periodic orbits
of differing energies using invariant manifolds. The transfers constructed in this method …

Libration point orbits near collinear locations are inherently unstable and must be controlled.
For Acceleration Reconnection and Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon's …

The ARTEMIS mission takes two of the five THEMIS spacecraft beyond their prime mission
objectives and reuses them to study the Moon and the lunar space environment. Although …

Techniques from dynamical systems theory have been applied to the construction of
transfers between unstable periodic orbits that have different energies. Invariant manifolds …

A simple strategy is identified to generate ballistic transfers between the Earth and Moon, ie,
transfers that perform two maneuvers: a translunar injection maneuver to depart the Earth …