Cislunar Space Executive Workshop

December 1, 2025 (Prior to Cislunar Security Conference)
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

JHU Applied Physics Laboratory
Building 201
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd
Laurel, MD 20723

Breakfast and lunch provided

Gain technical insights, understanding, and intuition of this complex dynamical domain as America plans its return to the moon.

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Space Systems

975

1 Day

In-Person

December 1, 2025

Elevate your technical and leadership skills with our 1-day executive education course at Johns Hopkins University, designed to demystify the complexities of operating in the cislunar domain. Gain technical insights, understanding, and intuition of this complex dynamical domain as American astronauts return to the moon along with the best and brightest commercial companies. You will be taught by faculty who are world-class experts in developing, designing, and flying deep space missions.

In the Cislunar regime, a spacecraft is operating in a multibody regime, where its trajectory is strongly influenced by the gravity of both the Earth and the Moon. These multibody dynamics lead to interesting new solutions, such as libration points and associated orbits, as well as chaotic trajectory behavior.

Our instructors will provide an overview of space applications within the Cislunar regime including mission orbits, transfers, proximity operations, formation flying, and navigation. Throughout this course, participants will gain an understanding of current developments and challenges related to Cislunar missions.

Course Topics

Two-body dynamics
Three-body dynamics
Challenges of navigation in cislunar space
Best practices in cislunar navigation

Key Takeaways

Learners will:

Acquire a foundational understanding of the dynamical difference between the Circular Restricted Three-Body problem (CRTBP) model and the Two-Body model.
Explore current challenges and best practices for constructing periodic orbits and transfers in Cislunar space.
Gain basic knowledge and skills to analyze the stability of periodic orbits in Cislunar space
Gain a basic understanding of strategies for Cislunar Proximity and Operations
Gain a basic understanding of strategies for Cislunar navigation
Designed and taught by….

Meet Your Johns Hopkins APL Instructors

Juan Ojeda Romero, PhD

Mission design engineer in the Space Astrodynamics and Controls group at JHU/APL, supporting civil and national security space mission concepts. Previously worked at a.i. Solutions supporting NASA missions at Goddard. Research interests include AI applications for mission design and dynamical systems theory. PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University.

Corrine Lippe, PhD

Section supervisor and Technology Development Lead for National Security Space. Served as G&C engineer on IMAP and Dragonfly missions. PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford, with thesis focus on spacecraft swarming and formation flying.

Brenton Duffy, PhD

Section supervisor in Space Astrodynamics and Controls and G&C lead for IMAP. Previously served as G&C engineer for DART and Parker Solar Probe missions. PhD in Aerospace Engineering from George Washington University, with interests in dynamical systems and formation flying.

Amanda Haapala, PhD

Section supervisor and mission design engineer supporting IMAP and concept design studies. Research interests include autonomous mission design, moon-tour design, and dynamical systems theory. PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University. Mother of two and passionate about outreach.

Wayne Schlei, PhD

Mission Design Engineer with PI roles in cislunar dynamics research. Assisted on Dragonfly and Interstellar Probe studies and served as Deputy Mission Design Lead on New Horizons during Arrokoth encounter. PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University.

Fouad Khoury, MS

Spacecraft mission design and navigation engineer working on civil and national security space missions. Previously worked at NASA Johnson Space Center and Air Force Research Laboratory. Research interests include proximity operations and Cislunar mission design. MS in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University.

Cislunar Space Executive Workshop