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 …

THIS paper is the second of a series of two, in which we study the endgame problem in
detail, which is the last part of a trajectory before the insertion maneuver into the science …

This paper demonstrates the significant role that invariant manifolds play in the dynamics of
low-thrust trajectories moving through unstable regions in the three-body problem. It shows …

The application of dynamical systems techniques to mission design has demonstrated that
employing invariant manifolds and resonant flybys enables previously unknown trajectory …

Icy moons of our Solar system are currently one of the focuses of the leading space
agencies in the search for extraterrestrial life. Especially, Enceladus is a prime target …

An analysis is presented of gravity assisted flybys in the planar, circular, restricted three-
body problem (pcr3bp) that is inspired by the Keplerian map and by the Tisserand-Poincaré …

In response to the scientific interest in Jupiter's Galilean moons, NASA and ESA have plans
to send orbiting missions to Europa and Ganymede, respectively. The inter-moon transfers …

In the circular restricted three-body problem, periodic orbits, stable and unstable manifolds,
chaotic regions, and other dynamical features have all proven useful for engineering …

Spacecraft in libration orbits can use scalar satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST) data, such as
crosslink range, to perform autonomous orbit determination. SST between two spacecraft …

Tisserand-leveraging transfers (TILTs) are introduced as a new method for computing low-Δ
v orbit transfers with the help of third-body perturbations. The TILTs can mitigate the costs …