The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) declared the ending of the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere missionAeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere mission, known as AIM, after 15 years of discoveries and scientific research due to battery issues.
Despite these problems emerging in 2019, the spacecraft carried on its mission and sent a significant amount of data to earth, which it can no longer do now because of the deepening technical issues.
NASA first launched AIM in 2007, with the goal of studying polar mesospheric clouds, also known as night-shining or noctilucent clouds, from its orbit 312 miles above Earth.
AIM’s data helped shape the understanding of the causes and formation of clouds, leading to 379 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
The spacecraft was originally designated to operate for two years after its launch but had extended operations from 2009 to being shut down now.
According to NASA, the AIM team will continue to monitor its activities for two weeks in case the spacecraft manages to reboot and transmit some kind of signal.
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