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Section: HF EML-1

Astronomy Cast Episode 76: Lagrange Points

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Astronomy Cast Episode 76: Lagrange Points
Dr. Fraser Cain & Pamela Gay
02/18/2008
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Best of the Moon 2008 - High Frontier EML-1

“Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider’s Guide to the New Science of Space Travel”

Belbruno, Ed
“Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider’s Guide to the New Science of Space Travel”
Princeton University Press
2007
ISBN: 0-691-12822-7
Publisher’s Web Site
Chapter 1

Librarian’s Note: I got to meet Ed at a New York Space Society shindig held at Mars 2112 back in 2000, and that’s where I first learned about this new way of looking at orbital mechanics.

Best of the Moon 2007 - High Frontier Navigation

“Bigelow Shoots for the Moon”

Boyle, Alan
“Bigelow Shoots for the Moon”
Cosmic Log
02/22/2007
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Librarian’s Note: Part of the article discusses stations at L-1. For more information on this phenomenal resource/destination please visit the EML-1 page over in the High Frontier section.

“Earth-Moon L1 Considerations”

Simberg, Rand
“Earth-Moon L1 Considerations”
Transterrestrial Musings
12/05/2006
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“Ride the Celestial Subway”

Stewart, Ian
“Ride the Celestial Subway”
New Scientist Magazine
03/27/2006
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“A sort of L-1 primer”

Murphy, Ken
“A sort of L-1 primer”
Selenian Boondocks
02/17/2006
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“Navigating Celestial Currents”

Klarreich, Erica
“Navigating Celestial Currents”
Science News Vol. 167, No. 16
April 16, 2005
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“Lots of talk lately concerning the moon”

Various contributors
“Lots of talk lately concerning the moon”
Space.com Uplink
Mission & Launches thread
Started 07/24/2004
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Lunar Librarian’s Contributions:
07/27/2004 post: Things to do on the Moon
07/29/2004 post: By way of EML-1
07/30/2004 post: Vacuum discipline
08/09/2004 post: Mars commerce?
08/10/2004 post: Timeline to spacefaring
08/11/2004 post: Myriad rebuttals
08/12/2004 post: Notes on Lunar mineralogy
08/13/2004 post: Harvesting resources
08/14/2004 post: SWIEs, KREEPs and commerce
08/14/2004 post: Delta-Vs

“Dynamical Systems and Control in Celestial Mechanics and Space Mission Design”

Marsden, Jerrold E et al
“Dynamical Systems and Control in Celestial Mechanics and Space Mission Design”
CALTECH Control & Dynamical Systems
07/11/2001
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“Dynamical Systems, the Three-Body Problem and Space Mission Design, Ch. 2: Motion near the Collinear Equilibrium Points”

Ross, Shane
“Dynamical Systems, the Three-Body Problem and Space Mission Design, Ch. 2: Motion near the Collinear Equilibrium Points”
to be published
2001
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“Low Energy Transfer to the Moon”

Koon, Wang S. et al
“Low Energy Transfer to the Moon”
01/2001
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“Ways to the Moon?”

Biesbroek, Robin and G. Janin
“Ways to the Moon?”
esa bulletin 103
08/2000
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“Calculation of Weak Stability Boundary Ballistic Lunar Transfer Trajectories”

Belbruno, Ed and John P. Carrico
“Calculation of Weak Stability Boundary Ballistic Lunar Transfer Trajectories”
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
08/2000
AIAA 2000-4142
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“Halo Orbit Mission Correction Maneuvers Using Optimal Control”

Serban, Radu et al
“Halo Orbit Mission Correction Maneuvers Using Optimal Control”
03/31/2000
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“Shoot the Moon”

Koon, Wang S. et al
“Shoot the Moon”
2000
AAS-00-166
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“Study on Lunar trajectories from GTO by using Weak Stability Boundary Transfers and Swingbys: Application to LunarSat”

Biesbroek, Robin
“Study on Lunar trajectories from GTO by using Weak Stability Boundary Transfers and Swingbys: Application to LunarSat”
ESTEC Working Paper no. 2014
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STScI NGST Libration Point Introduction

Mesarch, Michael
STScI NGST Libration Point Introduction
NASA GSFC Guidance Navigation & Control Center
03/31/1999
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“Optimal Control for Halo Orbit Missions”

Serban, Radu et al
“Optimal Control for Halo Orbit Missions”
1998
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“Heteroclinic Connections between Periodic Orbits and Resonance Transitions in Celestial Mechanics”

Koon, Wang S. et al
“Heteroclinic Connections between Periodic Orbits and Resonance Transitions in Celestial Mechanics”
10/1997
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“Minimum Fuel Trajectories for a Low-Thrust Power-Limited Mission to the Moon and to Lagrange Points L4 and L5″

Golan, Oded M. and John V. Breakwell
“Minimum Fuel Trajectories for a Low-Thrust Power-Limited Mission to the Moon and to Lagrange Points L4 and L5″
AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
08/7/1989
AAS 89-351
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“A Search for Natural or Artificial Objects Located at the Earth-Moon Libration Points”

Freitas, Jr., Robert A. and Francisco Valdes
“A Search for Natural or Artificial Objects Located at the Earth-Moon Libration Points”
Icarus, Vol. 42
1980
pp. 442-447
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