Part of the challenge of charting a human exploration space architecture is finding locations to stage missions to multiple destinations. To that end, a specific subset of Earth-Moon halo orbits, known as Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits (NRHOs) are evaluated. In this paper, a systematic process for generating full ephemeris based ballistic NRHOs is outlined, different size NRHOs are examined for their favorability to avoid eclipses, the performance requirements for missions to and from NRHOs are calculated, and disposal options are evaluated. Combined, these studies confirm the feasibility of cislunar NRHOs to enable human exploration in the cislunar proving ground.


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    Title :

    Targeting Cislunar Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits for Human Space Exploration


    Contributors:
    J. Williams (author) / D. E. Lee (author) / R. J. Whitley (author) / K. A. Bokelmann (author) / D. C. Davis (author) / C. F. Berry (author)

    Publication date :

    2017


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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