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

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