Optimal Mission Design for Moon Exploration Expedition

The main goal of this paper is to introduce the Moon exploration mission design based on existing technology.The Moon exploration mission design entailsoptimal maneuvering orbit, payload and launch vehicle design. Optimal maneuvering orbit is designed with respect to Circular Restricted Three Body Problem (CRTBP) to model the motion of a spacecraft in the Earth/Moon system. To this end, optimal maneuvering orbitadopted CRTBP as dynamical model and obtained three-dimensional Earth to Moon transfers with low cost. This method is more preferable and flexible than Hohmann transfer because of its lower cost and its access to various inclinations in departure and arrival.The optimal Launch Vehicle Conceptual Design (LVCD) algorithm is based on optimization of major design parameters. LVCD algorithm is coded in a software to let the design engineer explore the design space and to reduce the cost and time of the conceptual design phase that is developed by the authors.The optimization process is performed subject to the restrictions and the performance index is optimized in a mutual iteration mechanism. Consequently, the designed launch vehicle ability to satisfy the mission objectives and its requirements is evaluated.