Humankind, especially the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other space agencies have explored the stars and moon, and have even discovered new planets. One of the missions that was closer to Earth was the AIM mission, which has come to an end.

For the past 16 years, National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) scientists have had their heads in the clouds dealing with the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) program. They have received valuable research and information from the spacecraft or have been repairing parts of it. Although, the spacecraft was in constant need of either hardware or software repairs that the scientists were able to fix. The program, however, has come to an end due to a battery failure that could not be repaired. 

NASA’s AIM mission was to study high-altitude polar-mesosperic clouds and Noctilucent clouds. The research from AIM was supposed to help understand why that region of the sky was so important to weather. Additionally, it would show us how it the Noctilucent clouds show the changes in Earth’s atmosphere. Data from the AIM mission has provided insights into these changes and the processes that drive them. This has helped scientists to understand the impact of human activity on the Earth’s atmosphere and climate, and to predict future changes. 

As the AIM mission has been ongoing for sometime, we have gotten quite a bit of research from it. The data that the mission has gotten gives us a better understanding of the formation of noctilucent clouds, how manmade activities affect these clouds, and how this region of the sky impacts the weather so much. 

Even though the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission has come to an end, the research we have achieved from it will help future researchers and scientists.