Figure 1. The entire Lunar Sample Return mission trajectory is shown in the Earth-Moon rotating frame. The

• Main Authors: Martin W. Lo, Min-kun J. Chung
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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• Language: English
• Subjects: Aitken; Landing The; South Pole; The Landing; South pole
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Earth launch is in brown, the insertion into LL2 is in blue, the lander orbit to the Moon in red, and the lander return orbit is purple. The expanded detailed plot on the right shows the halo orbit about LL2 and the landing. The dynamics of the lander return trajectory (purple) is not apparent in th...