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Trajectory Design for MoonRise: A Proposed Lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin Sample Return MissionThis paper presents the mission design for the proposed MoonRise New Frontiers mission: a lunar far side lander and return vehicle, with an accompanying communication satellite. Both vehicles are launched together, but fly separate low-energy transfers to the Moon. The communication satellite enters lunar orbit immediately upon arrival at the Moon, whereas the lander enters a staging orbit about the lunar Lagrange points. The lander descends and touches down on the surface 17 days after the communication satellite enters orbit. The lander remains on the surface for nearly two weeks before lifting off and returning to Earth via a low-energy return.


Document ID
20150007844
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Parker, Jeffrey S.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
McElrath, Timothy P.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Anderson, Rodney L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Sweetser, Theodore H.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
May 11, 2015
Publication Date
August 11, 2013
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
AAS 13-882
Meeting Information
Meeting: AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Location: Hilton Head, SC
Country: United States
Start Date: August 11, 2013
End Date: August 15, 2013
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA's New Frontie
Cataclysm hypothesis

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