The Morning After: NASA's AIM spacecraft goes silent after a 15-year run

After 15 years in space, NASA's AIM mission is ending. The agency said it was ending operational support for the spacecraft due to a battery power failure. NASA first noticed issues with AIM's battery in 2019, but the probe was still sending a "significant amount of data" back to Earth. Following another recent decline in battery power, NASA says AIM has become unresponsive. NASA launched the AIM - Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere - mission in 2007 to study noctilucent or night-shining clouds, ...