Autonomy & flight software
Explainable, lightweight decision systems that move expert judgment onboard and operate within real mission constraints.
Contact us Detect the event.
Respond onboard.
Aurora Engineering’s MEDOS software transforms spacecraft telemetry into explainable events and rational onboard responses. Flight-proven on NASA’s flagship MMS mission.
01 / EVENTPenetrating radiation detected
02 / DECISIONInstrument risk identified onboard
03 / RESPONSECommand instrument to safe mode
Partners & collaborators
Working across aerospace, academia, and government.
Heliophysics Digital Resource Library (HDRL)What we do
Research and engineering
for the future of spaceflight.
We work where physics, software, and operations meet, helping mission teams reduce uncertainty, respond faster, and get more science from every system.
Spacecraft operations
Instrument commanding, in-flight calibration, telemetry monitoring, data correction, and day-to-day mission support.
Modeling & simulation
Physics-based and data-driven models that connect early design decisions to flight-ready hardware and software.
Data systems & analytics
Ground data processing, searchable science archives, anomaly detection, and resilient pipelines for mission-scale data.
Leadership
Our Leadership Team
Decades of hands-on experience across NASA, the Department of Defense, and numerous flight missions, spanning spacecraft operations, advanced research, and mission-critical engineering.
Dr. Alex Barrie
Founder & Chief Executive OfficerSpacecraft autonomy, plasma instrumentation, mission operations
Stephen Kreisler
Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information OfficerFlight and ground software, science operations systems
Dr. Conrad Schiff
Chief Scientist, Business Development LeadAstrodynamics, formation flying, mission design, distributed systems
Dr. Miles Bengtson
Chief TechnologistComplete service portfolio
From theory to
mission support.
Aurora supports clients from early design and simulation through flight operations, laboratory automation, and the stewardship of research facilities.
01Data science, modeling & simulation
Artificial intelligence / machine learning
- Recovery of missing or corrupted data
- Data fusion
- Super resolution
- Data correction
- Physics-informed AI / ML
Model-based systems engineering
- Digital twins
- Sensitivity and parametric analyses
- System simulation and emulation
- Instrument response and tolerancing
Simulation and analysis
- Spacecraft environment interactions
- System aging and lifetime prediction
- Noise and crosstalk estimation and reduction
- Material and surface effects
- Instrument and spacecraft performance modeling
- Uncertainty estimation
02Spacecraft & mission operations systems
Spacecraft operations and autonomy
- Multi-spacecraft trusted autonomy
- Onboard fault detection, categorization, recovery, and mitigation
- Event-driven operational activities
- Health and safety monitoring
- Instrument calibration
Mission ground systems
- Science and mission operations centers
- Intelligent ground systems
- Science data processing
- Data assimilation, correction, storage, indexing, and distribution
03Hardware, laboratories & facilities
Space flight hardware
- Board layout and design
- Instrument and spacecraft design, build, test, and integration
- Cleanroom operations
- Lab and ground-support equipment automation
Laboratory support
- Automated repetitive tests and experiments
- Outlier and limit analysis
- Searchable results databases
- Web-based researcher collaboration
Research facility management
- Clean rooms and vacuum systems maintained to NASA flight-hardware standards
- Experiment scheduling and preparation
- Facility collaboration tools
How we engage
The right team for the next decision.
Aurora can lead a focused technical effort, embed alongside an established program, or transition a proven capability into a client's operational environment.
Resolve a bounded modeling, software, data, or mission-design question with reviewable evidence.
Add experienced engineers and scientists to an integrated government, laboratory, university, or industry team.
Adapt Aurora technology to client interfaces, assurance needs, data, and operational workflows.
Products & capability briefs
Products & capabilities
Explainable AI and autonomous systems for onboard decisions, cooperative planning, and mission operations. Explore the technical figures, flight evidence, and engineering briefs behind the work.
AE-01Autonomous operations
Module for the Event Driven Operation of Spacecraft
A transparent decision framework that turns mission telemetry into meaningful events, confidence estimates, and bounded operational responses.
Flight heritageExplore capability
AE-02Multi-agent autonomy
Capability-based coordination for mixed fleets that need to plan, allocate work, and respond as mission conditions change.
Prototype capabilityExplore capability
AE-03Scene intelligence
A holistic scene-analysis capability that combines perception, mission value, risk, and operational context for better autonomous decisions.
Prototype capabilityExplore capability
AE-05Knowledge and operations AI
Operations AI white paperMission knowledge.
Traceable answers.
A secure, traceable assistant that helps mission teams find approved information, investigate questions, and preserve operational knowledge.
Applied capabilityExplore capability
AE-04Mission operations
Explainable monitoring that adapts expected behavior to operational context so mission teams can focus on the alerts that matter.
Operational heritageExplore capability
AE-06Mission ground systems
Engineering capabilityFrom telemetry
to mission control.
Purpose-built software, data flows, and operator tools that connect mission objectives with reliable day-to-day operations.
Capability briefExplore capability
AE-07Physics-based engineering
Engineering capabilityPhysics-informed
engineering decisions.
Modeling, numerical analysis, and simulation support for electric propulsion concepts, subsystem decisions, and mission integration.
Capability briefExplore capability
Recent news
Updates from the people
doing the work.
Recent posts from Aurora Engineering and its team on mission milestones, technical demonstrations, and events.
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Meet Aurora Engineering
Dr. Alex Barrie
Meet Aurora at SmallSat
Alex will be at SmallSat to discuss spacecraft autonomy, AI, and the mission problems teams are working through.
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Aurora Engineering
CAPSTONE team receives NASA Space Flight Awareness Award
Aurora congratulates Liam Greenlee, Joseph Patton, and the CAPSTONE team on receiving NASA's Space Flight Awareness Award.
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Aurora Engineering
Aurora marks MEDOS flight demonstration milestone
Aurora recognizes a successful onboard autonomy milestone and thanks SwRI, CU LASP, and the MMS mission for their support.
Read post on LinkedInDr. Miles Bengtson
Trustworthy onboard autonomy demonstrated on a NASA mission
A lightweight onboard operations agent was demonstrated on a long-running NASA mission, with a broader demonstration planned next.
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Let’s solve the hard
problems in space.
Email our team to discuss your mission, an engineering challenge, or working with Aurora.
General & mission inquiries
info@aurora.engineeringTell us about your mission, technical needs, or partnership opportunities.
Careers
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