About
Welcome! Thank you for visiting our site. We are a research group that solves orbital mechanics problems as they relate to space utilization and exploration. We consist mainly of a professor, graduate students and occasional visiting scholars. We are in the Orbital Mechanics discipline area … Read More
Research
Areas of Interest: Spaceflight mechanics / Astrodynamics; Optimal control / Optimization / Numerical methods; Orbit determination; Multi-body dynamics; Periodic orbits and general orbit stability (high-fidelity repeat ground track design, constellation design, cyclers, planetary … Read More
Lab News
Summer 2023: Congrats to Shubam Singh for completing the PhD! Shubham works for Shift Robotics in Austin. Summer 2022: Congrats to David Ottesen and Sean McArdle for completing their PhDs! Sean works as a civil servant at NASA JSC, and David works for Leo Labs in CA. … Read More
NASA Image of the Day
- The Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 — is a spectacular example of the death of a low-mass star like the Sun. This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the star going through a rapid transformation from a red giant to a planetary nebula, during which […]
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- SpaceX’s chief financial officer has confirmed the company is considering an initial public offering as soon as next year to raise money for projects such as orbital data centers. The post SpaceX executive confirms interest in an IPO appeared first on SpaceNews.
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- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will recap his recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 3:30 p.m. EST Friday, Dec. 19, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch the news conference live on NASA’s YouTube channel. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including […]