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Astrodynamics Library
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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
Planetary Missions
NASA Planetary Flight Handbook
- 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
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