Astrodynamics Library

General Astrodynamics

• CELESTIAL MECHANICS AND SPACE FLIGHT ANALYSIS, NASA-SP-15 (PDF) [Gates et al., 1962]

Gravity Assist

• Maneuver Design for the Galileo VEEGA Trajectory, AAS-93-566 [1993] VEEGA stands for Venus-Earth-Earth-Gravity-Assist

Earth orbit missions

NASA Orbital Flight Handbook

• SPACE FLIGHT HANDBOOKS. VOLUME I- ORBITAL FLIGHT HANDBOOK, PART 1 - BASIC TECHNIQUES AND DATA, NASA-SP-33, Part 1 (PDF) [Kraft, Townsend, 1963]

• SPACE FLIGHT HANDBOOKS. VOLUME I- ORBITAL FLIGHT HANDBOOK, PART 2 - MISSION SEQUENCING PROBLEMS, NASA-SP-33, Part 2 (PDF) [Kraft, Townsend, 1963]

Lunar Missions

NASA Lunar Flight Handbook

• SPACE FLIGHT HANDBOOKS. VOLUME 2- LUNAR FLIGHT HANDBOOK. PART 1 - BACKGROUND MATERIAL, NASA-SP-34, PT. 1 (PDF) [1963]

• SPACE FLIGHT HANDBOOKS. VOLUME 2- LUNAR FLIGHT HANDBOOK PART 2 - LUNAR MISSION PHASES, NASA-SP-34, PT. 2 (PDF) [1963]

• SPACE FLIGHT HANDBOOKS. VOLUME 2- LUNAR FLIGHT HANDBOOK. PART 3 - MISSION PLANNING, NASA-SP-34, PT. 3 (PDF) [1963]

Planetary Missions

NASA Planetary Flight Handbook

• Space flight handbooks. volume 3- planetary flight handbook, NASA-SP-35, Part 1 (PDF) [Ross, 1963]

• Space Flight Handbook. Volume III - Planetary Flight Handbook. Part 5 - Trajectories to Jupiter, Ceres, and Vesta, NASA-SP-35, Part 5 (PDF) [Ross, 1965] Handbook of trajectory data for flights to Jupiter and the asteroids Ceres and Vesta

General planetary Flybys

• Flight trajectories around planets with return to earth, NASA-CR-98693 (PDF) [1969]

Trajectories to and from Mars

Mars flyby trajectories

• Multiple planet flyby missions to Venus and Mars in 1975 to 1980 time period [NASA/TM X-53511, 1966] Powered and free-return Venus-Mars flyby trajectories from 1975 - 1980

Mars stopover trajectories

• Round-trip trajectories with stopovers at both Mars and Venus [NASA TN D-5758, 1970]

• Interplanetary Mission Design Handbook Earth-to-Mars Mission Opportunities and Mars-to-Earth Return Opportunities 2009-2024 [NASA/TM-1998-208533, 1998] Summary of Earth-to-Mars and Mars-to-Earth trajectories for piloted and cargo missions in the 2009-2024 timeframe; includes information on C3 energy and declination of Mars/ Earth arrival and departure