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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Ulysses propulsion modules

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NASA

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Ulysses

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After launch on 6 October 1990, Ulysses was placed in a low-Earth orbit and then two propulsion modules injected it into an interplanetary orbit. 16 months later, on 8 February 1992, Ulysses reached Jupiter for the gravity-assist manoeuvre that placed the spacecraft in a polar orbit around the Sun.

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