NASA’s AIM Mission Ends Operational Support. Artist’s concept of the AIM spacecraft in orbit around Earth. Credits: NASAAfter more than 15 years of scientific discoveries, NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft is no longer supporting operations after experiencing issues with its battery. AIM’s batteries initially started to decline in 2019, but the Earth-studying spacecraft continued to return a significant amount of data. Now, with further decline in the...