The joint ESA/NASA mission Ulysses was launched by the American shuttle Discovery on October 6th, 1990 (STS-41). This video contains a collection of graphics to date index concerning Ulysses and its mission to explore first the south, and then the north pole of the sun.

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00:01:32:00 title, conditions of use
00:01:52:00 animation: cs Ulysses, away from cam; Ulysses in the solar wind
00:02:19:00 animation: ms Ulysses rotates, Sun in b/g; zo from Sun past planets of the solar system; the solar system, showing the Sun's magnetic field and the heliosphere; the solar system to show various orbits [as far as Jupiter]; ms Ulysses with Sun in b/g, satellite away from cam
00:03:15:00 animation: ls Ulysses with boost motor, moves l to r and to cam; plan of solar system with orbits, icon corresponding to Ulysses moves towards Jupiter; vls Ulysses to cam, partial Jupiter and moon in b/g
00:03:54:00 animation: plan of solar system with orbits, Ulysses icon moves from Jupiter back towards Sun; the solar system, showing the Sun's magnetic field and the heliosphere; plan of solar system with orbits, Ulysses icon moves around the Sun
00:04:22:00 animation: figure watches sunrise
00:04:41:00 title/text: 'Ulysses is a spin stabilized deep space probe containing 9 different sets of s