Aurora is the spaceship that carries the space hippies in Star Trek’s 1968 episode “The Way to Eden.”
“The Way to Eden” is the twentieth episode of Star Trek’s third season, first broadcast in February 1969 after being produced in 1968. A group of young idealists, often called space hippies, hijack the USS Enterprise and seek a mythical planet they believe offers a better life. Their original vessel is the stolen spaceship Aurora.
The episode’s title and plot echo the idea of searching for an untouched paradise, while its story also references contemporary counterculture. The group’s leader is Dr. Sevrin, played by Skip Homeier, and the episode includes music performed by members of the cast and guest performers.
Aurora is easy to confuse with the Enterprise because much of the action occurs aboard Kirk’s ship. It is also unrelated to the starship USS Aurora from other science-fiction works. The question identifies the episode and the group so that the ship’s name has a single, specific context.