Near rectilinear halo orbits and nearby higher-period dynamical structures: orbital stability and resonance properties

EM Zimovan-Spreen, KC Howell, DC Davis - Celestial Mechanics and …, 2020 - Springer
Near rectilinear halo orbits (NRHOs), a subset of the L_1 L 1 and L_2 L 2 halo orbit families,
are strong candidates for a future inhabited facility in line with the goals for NASA's long-term …

A review of periodic orbits in the circular restricted three-body problem

R Zhang - Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This review article aims to give a comprehensive review of periodic orbits in the circular
restricted three-body problem (CRTBP), which is a standard ideal model for the Earth-Moon …

Trajectory design for a cislunar cubesat leveraging dynamical systems techniques: The lunar icecube mission

N Bosanac, AD Cox, KC Howell, DC Folta - Acta Astronautica, 2018 - Elsevier
Lunar IceCube is a 6U CubeSat that is designed to detect and observe lunar volatiles from a
highly inclined orbit. This spacecraft, equipped with a low-thrust engine, is expected to be …

Trajectory design and targeting for applications to the exploration program in cislunar space

EMZ Spreen - 2021 - search.proquest.com
A dynamical understanding of orbits in the Earth-Moon neighborhood that can sustain long-
term activities and trajectories that link locations of interest forms a critical foundation for the …

Characteristics and design strategies for near rectilinear halo orbits within the earth-moon system

EM Zimovan - 2017 - search.proquest.com
A critical first step towards achieving the goal of a far-reaching human presence in space
within the 21st century is the creation of a long-term crewed habitat in cislunar space, well …

A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Theory of Circumbinary Orbits in the Circular Restricted Problem

A Langford, LM Weiss - The Astronomical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
To better understand the orbital dynamics of exoplanets around close binary stars, ie,
circumbinary planets (CBPs), we applied techniques from dynamical systems theory to a …

Constructing motion primitive sets to summarize periodic orbit families and hyperbolic invariant manifolds in a multi-body system

TR Smith, N Bosanac - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 2022 - Springer
Rapid trajectory design in multi-body systems often leverages individual arcs along natural
dynamical structures that exist in an approximate dynamical model. To reduce the …

Low-thrust trajectory design for a cislunar cubesat leveraging structures from the bicircular restricted four-body problem

R Pritchett, KC Howell, DC Folta - International astronautical congress, 2019 - ntrs.nasa.gov
The upcoming Lunar IceCube (LIC) mission will deliver a 6U CubeSat to a low lunar orbit via
a ride-share opportunity during NASAs Artemis 1 mission. This presents a challenging …

Families of periodic orbits about Lagrangian points L1, L2 and L3 with continuation method

S Yousuf, R Kishor - Planetary and Space Science, 2022 - Elsevier
This study deals the impact of radiation pressure and albedo from the respective primaries in
the context of regularized periodic motion of infinitesimal mass under the frame of restricted …

Construction of ballistic lunar transfers in the earth-moon-sun system

ST Scheuerle - 2021 - search.proquest.com
An increasing interest in lunar exploration calls for low-cost techniques of reaching the
Moon. Ballistic lunar transfers are long duration trajectories that leverage solar perturbations …