NASA’s latest Mars mission is not taking the familiar highway. Instead of a direct cruise along the classic Hohmann transfer, ...

Mars orbiters have given astronomers an unexpected new vantage point on 3I/ATLAS, sharply tightening estimates of the ...

Orbital mechanics can be a bit counter-intuitive. We have to slow down an orbiting space craft to convert kinetic energy for gravitational energy. The orbital altitude is raised at its highest point ...

This temporal lag is a direct consequence of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The rule is simple: the weaker ...

The great space race of the 20th century, which culminated in Neil Armstrong’s historic stroll across the surface of the moon, left an immeasurable impact on the modern world. It has inspired several ...

Annotation Designed to be used as a graduate student textbook and a ready reference for the busy professional, this third edition of "Orbital Mechanics is structured so that you can easily look up the ...

Picture in your mind a big parking lot with 131 million cars on it. Now imagine that they are spread out over the entire Earth’s inhabited areas. Although still a large number, it is absolutely ...