NASA stated that the 'spacecraft is no longer supporting operations after experiencing issues with its battery.”
For the past 15 years, a spacecraft probed the elusive, shiny clouds that form in Earth’s mesosphere — the third layer of the atmosphere.on March 16 that the spacecraft's long run had come to an end. This mission, named Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, was launched in 2007.stated that the "spacecraft is no longer supporting operations after experiencing issues with its battery.”
The spacecraft began experiencing battery problems in 2019. Despite this, the team considered that the spacecraft was in good enough condition to return some data to Earth. However, the spacecraft's battery conditions had recently deteriorated, and there was no way to repair them. It was unable to collect data or respond to commands from mission control. This eventually forced the AIM team to call it quits on the mission. Despite this, theThe team will, however, continue to monitor the spacecraft's communication for at least two weeks. There may be a small window of opportunity for the spacecraft to reboot and transmit a signal.
The data collected aided scientists in understanding the causes and formation of these enigmatic clouds. The wealth of data led to the publication of 379 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
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