Gregory Lantoine
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About
Gregory Lantoine is a visionary aerospace engineer whose career is defined by pushing the boundaries of deep-space mission design. His primary research areas encompass low-thrust trajectory optimization, planetary defense, and small-body exploration, with a particular focus on developing novel architectures for NASA’s most ambitious robotic and human exploration initiatives. Lantoine’s most significant contribution is his leadership in the mission design for the **NASA Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM)** , a groundbreaking concept to capture a multi-meter asteroid and redirect it into lunar orbit for direct study. This work, detailed in his highly-cited 2013 overview (51 citations), laid the foundation for a new paradigm in asteroid resource utilization and planetary defense. He is also the driving force behind the **Lunar Trailblazer** mission, a pioneering SIMPLEx small satellite selected by NASA in 2019. As a key architect of this mission, Lantoine is enabling a focused investigation into the form, abundance, and distribution of water on the Moon, directly supporting the agency’s Artemis goals. His technical rigor extends to quantifying the complex orbital dynamics around irregular primitive bodies, a critical capability for future sample return and reconnaissance missions. Through his work on ARRM and Lunar Trailblazer, Lantoine has proven himself a master of turning audacious concepts into achievable, high-impact science missions.
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