This book systematically investigates the Mars entry problem from the perspectives of deterministic optimization, uncertainty optimization, and guidance. Began with a detailed review of the robotic missions and human-scaled exploration plans to Mars, theories or concepts of optimal control, uncertainty quantification, robust optimization, model predictive control, sequential convex programming, and computational guidance are subsequently introduced. Correspondingly, this book presents a series of trajectory planning and guidance algorithms to improve the robustness, reliability, and safety of the Mars missions. Because the Mars entry problem is studied using advanced mathematics, including probability theory, optimization theory, and cybernetics, thus the book is primarily designed as a textbook for graduate students in aerospace engineering, aeronautics, and astronautics departments. Engineers and researchers may also use this book as a reference or tutorial to help with the modeling and simulation of the Mars entry problem due to its thorough simulations and analyses.
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 optimization, uncertainty quantification, and guidance technologies for spacecraft. He published 21 papers in authoritative aerospace journals, including Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Aerospace Science and Technology, Acta Astronautica, etc., and also served as the reviewer for 11 academic journals.
Yuming Peng received his M.S.E. degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2011 and his Ph.D. degree from Nanjing University in 2019. Since 2011, he has worked as an engineer and a senior engineer at the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering, Shanghai, China. He worked as an engineer in Orbit Dynamics and Control for China's first Mars probe, Tianwen 1.
雙李於2001年、2003年和2007年分別在中國哈爾濱工業大學航空工程系獲得航天器設計的學士、碩士和博士學位。自2007年以來，他一直在中國南京航空航天大學的航天學院任教，目前擔任全職教授及先進空間技術實驗室（ASTL）的創始主任。他的研究興趣包括航天器的導引、導航與控制（GNC）、天體力學以及太空任務設計與分析。他已在知名期刊和會議論文集中發表超過120篇文章。他是《航天器與火箭期刊》和《天體力學》的副編輯，並且是《空間：科學與技術》、《中國空間科學與技術》（中文）、《南京航空航天大學學報》（中文）、《深空探索期刊》（中文）以及《飛行控制與檢測》（中文）的編輯委員會成員。他曾擔任《航天學報》的特刊（第四屆國際宇航聯合會空間系統動力學與控制會議）和特別專區（第九屆中國軌跡優化競賽特別專區）的客座編輯。
徐劉於2017年和2023年分別在中國南京航空航天大學獲得導引、導航與控制的學士和博士學位。他目前是中國南昌大學自動化系的講師。他的研究興趣包括飛行器的軌跡優化、導引、導航和控制技術。
修強江於中國南京航空航天大學獲得博士學位。他在2017年至2018年間曾擔任美國亞利桑那大學的訪問學者。目前，他是中國四川大學飛行器控制與信息工程系的副教授。他的研究興趣包括軌跡優化、不確定性量化以及航天器的導引技術。他在權威的航空航天期刊上發表了21篇論文，包括《航空航天科學進展》、《航空科學與技術》、《航天學報》等，並擔任11本學術期刊的審稿人。
彭玉明於2011年在南京航空航天大學獲得碩士學位，並於2019年在南京大學獲得博士學位。自2011年以來，他在中國上海衛星工程研究所擔任工程師和高級工程師。他曾擔任中國首個火星探測器「天問一號」的軌道動力學與控制工程師。
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