Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM)

Class:

Flight Project

Status:

Operational

Organizations:

Launch Date:

April 2007

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The AIM satellite mission is designed to explore Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs), also called noctilucent clouds, to find out why they form and why they are changing.

Key Staff
    Artist's concept of AIM in orbit