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Stories about: Ulysses

Ulysses to End 18-Year Mission Around the Sun The Ulysses robotic space probe is a joint NASA/ESA mission to the Sun, launched on October 6th, 1990, from the space shuttle Discovery, during flight STS-41. The craft's main purpose is to analyze the surface of the Sun from various latitudes, and to determine the interactions that exist within the yellow dwarf... 27 June 2009 03:52 GMT Lowest Sun Wind Ever Just Recorded Data provided by Ulysses spacecraft indicates that the Sun's hot-particle wind is less powerful and emanates less heat than at any previously recorded date since humankind began its space race in the 1950s.During a more tranquil period of the Sun's activity, the Ulysses spacecraft has been able to measure i... 24 September 2008 08:05 GMT