Trajectory Optimization and Guidance Methods for Mars Entry (PDF)

Shuang Li received his B.S.E, M.S.E, and Ph.D. degrees all in the spacecraft design from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2001, 2003, and 2007, respectively. Since 2007, he has been with the College of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, where he is a full professor and the founding director of Advanced Space Technology Laboratory (ASTL) now. His research interests include spacecraft guidance navigation and control (GNC), astrodynamics, and space mission design and analysis. He has been the author of over 120 articles in reputable journals and conference proceedings. He is an associate editor for Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets and Astrodynamics and an editorial board member of Space: Science & Technology, Chinese Space Science and Technology (in Chinese), Journal of NUAA (in Chinese), Journal of Deep Space Exploration (in Chinese), and Flight Control & Detection (in Chinese). He served for ActaAstronautica as a guest editor for a special issue (Fourth IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems) and a special section (Special Section on 9th China Trajectory Optimization Competition).



Xu Liu received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Guidance, Navigation, and Control from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China, in 2017 and 2023, respectively. He is a Lecturer with the Department of Automation, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. His research interests include the trajectory optimization, guidance, navigation, and control technologies of flight vehicles.
Xiuqiang Jiang received his Ph.D. degree from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Arizona, USA, during 2017-2018. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Flight Vehicle Control and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, China. His research interests include trajectory