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    minigallery: The Ulysses legacy, in pictures

    The joint ESA/NASA solar mission Ulysses has forever changed the way scientists view the Sun and its effect on the surrounding space. The mission’s major results and the legacy it leaves behind have been presented today at ESA Headquarters in Paris, in view of the impending conclusion of the mission on 1 July 2008.

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    Artist’s impression of Ulysses
    Ulysses launch
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    The Ulysses spacecraft
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    The Ulysses spacecraft
    Interstellar wind hits the heliosphere
    Boundaries of the heliosphere
    Solar eclipses
    Sketch of the heliospheric magnetic field
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