Beginning with material on spaceflight dynamics used in two graduate and undergraduate courses, the late (1915-2000) Rauschenbakh (theoretical mechanics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), Michael Yu. Ovchinnikov (applied mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia), and Susan McKenna-Lawlor (National U. of Ireland- Maynooth) incorporate their practical experience in developing international space projects in engineering, control mechanics, and space physics over many years. Readers are expected to be familiar with mathematical analysis, differential equation theory, analytical mechanics, and the theory of stability.