Reusable schedule design and execution framework for autonomous mission management in space

A Gillette, A George - Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Aerospace mission autonomy can improve mission capabilities, reduce the burden on
ground operators, and prevent mission failure when encountering unexpected situations …

Resilient Autonomous Mission Management for Decentralized Multispacecraft Missions

A Gillette, A George - Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Autonomy will play a crucial role in achieving complex mission goals and reducing the
burden for ground operations for upcoming ambitious aerospace missions. Standalone …

Transitioning autonomous systems technology research to a flight software environment

JD Frank, GB Aaseng - AIAA SPACE 2016, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
NASA has developed methods and algorithms for autonomous spacecraft operations,
including automated planning and scheduling, fault diagnostics and impact determination …

Design and validation of an autonomous mission manager towards coordinated multi-spacecraft missions

A Gillette, A George, JP Castle - 2021 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
For ambitious upcoming aerospace missions, autonomy will play a crucial role in achieving
complex mission goals and reducing the burden for ground operations. Standalone …

Spacecraft mission agent for autonomous robust task execution

A Gillette, B O'Connor, C Wilson… - 2018 IEEE Aerospace …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomy in space systems can drastically reduce the workload of ground crews for satellite
missions, especially for clusters of satellites. Additionally, autonomy can increase the …

A Novel Ground-Based Maneuver Automation System for Low Earth Orbit Satellite Operations

J Aurich, J Clark, Z Thawer, V Mallik… - 2024 IEEE Aerospace …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Planet operates around 20 high-resolution Earth observation satellites, known as SkySats,
that execute maneuvers for station-keeping, orbit adjustments, and collision avoidance. The …

Goal-based operations: an overview

DD Dvorak, MD Ingham, JR Morris… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2009 - arc.aiaa.org
Operating robotic space missions via time-based command sequences has become a
limiting factor in the exploration, defense, and commercial sectors. Command sequencing …

Progress of Crew Autonomous Scheduling Test (CAST) on the ISS

M Healy, J Marquez, S Hillenius, D Korth… - … AIAA Houston-Human …, 2017 - ntrs.nasa.gov
The United States space policy is evolving toward missions beyond low Earth orbit. In an
effort to meet that policy, NASA has recognized Autonomous Mission Operations (AMO) as a …

Autonomous mission operations

J Frank, L Spirkovska, R McCann… - 2013 IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems Autonomous Mission Operations (AMO) project
conducted an empirical investigation of the impact of time delay on today's mission …

Designing and building a crew-centric mobile scheduling and planning tool for exploring crew autonomy concepts onboard the international space station

SR Hillenius, J Marquez, I Deliz, B Kanefsky… - … Station Research & …, 2016 - ntrs.nasa.gov
During 2015, as part of our ongoing research on crew autonomy, our team adapted and
extended the plan viewing tool, Playbook, into a mobile tool for exploring crew autonomy …