@article{<br>	11311_584474,<br>	author = {Mingotti, GIORGIO PIETRO and Topputo, Francesco and BERNELLI ZAZZERA, Franco},<br>	title = {Earth-Mars Transfers with Ballistic Escape and Low-Thrust Capture},<br>	year = {2011},<br>	journal = {CELESTIAL MECHANICS & DYNAMICAL ASTRONOMY},<br>	volume = {110},<br>	abstract = {In this paper novel Earth-Mars transfers are presented. These transfers exploit the natural dynamics of n-body models as well as the high specific impulse typical of low-thrust systems. The Moon-perturbed version of the Sun-Earth problem is introduced to design ballistic escape orbits performing lunar gravity assists. The ballistic capture is designed in the Sun-Mars system where special attainable sets are defined and used to handle the low-thrust control. The complete trajectory is optimized in the full n-body problem which takes into account planets' orbital inclinations and eccentricities. Accurate, efficient solutions with reasonable flight times are presented and compared with known results.},<br>	keywords = {Restricted three-body problem; Invariant manifolds; Low-thrust transfer; n-body models; Ballistic capture; Lunar-gravity assist},<br>	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10569-011-9343-5},<br>	doi = {10.1007/s10569-011-9343-5},<br>	pages = {169--188},<br>	number = {2}<br>}<br>