HoloAstro (originally ASTROMECH) was created by our founder David Dezell Turner during his PhD research, which resulted in the following publications:

Papers:

• Turner, D. D., & McMahon, J. W. (2026). Augmented Reality-Enabled Intuitive Trajectory Design with HoloAstro. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 1-14.

• Turner, D. D., & McMahon, J. W. (2026). Customizable Augmented Reality Tool for Intuitive Trajectory Design. In AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum (p. 1458).

Presentations and Preprints:

• Turner, D. D. & McMahon, J. W. (2025, January 19-23). Augmented Reality Tool for Multibody Continuous-Thrust Transfer Design [Conference Presentation]. 35th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Kaua'i, HI, United States.

• Turner, D. D., & McMahon, J. W. (2024, August 11-15). ASTROMECH: An Augmented Reality Interface for Intuitive Trajectory Design and Tradespace Analysis [Conference presentation]. 2024 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Broomfield, CO, United States.

Posters:

• Turner, D. D. and McMahon, J. W. (2025, May 16-18). Enabling Intuitive Cislunar Trajectory Design Using Augmented Reality [Poster session]. Smead Symposium, Avon, CO, United States.

• D. D. Turner and J. W. McMahon (2023, May 19-21). ASTROMECH: Astrodynamics Software for Tradespace Optimization and Manual Exploration using Computer-generated Holograms [Poster session]. Smead Symposium, Vail, CO, United States.