NASA's AIM Satellite and Models are Unlocking the Secrets of Mysterious "Night-Shining" Clouds

NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite has captured five complete polar seasons of noctilucent (NLC) or 'night-shining' clouds with an unprecedented horizontal resolution of 3 miles by 3 miles.

AIM Gets First View of 'Night-Shining Clouds'

A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface.

NASA's AIM Mission Soars to the Edge of Space

NASA's AIM spacecraft launched Wednesday on a mission to study polar clouds.

› AIM Spacecraft Instruments

› Animated Launch of the AIM Spacecraft

› Animated View of Noctilucent Cloud

› Animation of the AIM Spacecraft

› Animated View of the AIM Mission

› AIM Spacecraft Testing

› AIM Team

› AIM Solar Arrays in Stowed Configuration

› AIM Arrays Fully Deployed

› AIM Solar Array Deployment

› Noctilucent Clouds