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Scientists bid adieu to plucky solar probe
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Jun 30, 2009 |
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US and European scientists were Tuesday bidding farewell to the tenacious solar probe Ulysses which has been recording data around the sun for more than 18 years, four times longer than planned.
Ulysses space mission to end
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Jun 26, 2009 |
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After 18.6 years in space and defying several earlier expectations of its demise, the joint ESA/NASA solar orbiter Ulysses will achieve 'end of mission' on 30 June 2009. The final communication pass with a ...
How Low Can It Go? Sun Plunges into the Quietest Solar Minimum in a Century
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Apr 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower.
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Ulysses hanging on valiantly
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Jul 03, 2008 |
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The Ulysses spacecraft, whose mission was expected to end on 1 July 2008, is hanging on valiantly as spacecraft controllers wait for a sign of the fuel freeze that would end the mission. This could happen ...
Ulysses scores a hat-trick
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Feb 07, 2007 |
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Today the joint ESA-NASA Ulysses mission has marked another high point in its mission. For the third time in a long and highly successful career, Ulysses has reached its maximum south solar latitude of 80 degrees ...
Sun to set on Ulysses solar mission on July 1
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Jun 12, 2008 |
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After over 17 years of operation, the joint ESA/NASA mission Ulysses will officially conclude on 1 July this year. The spacecraft, which studied the Sun and its effect on the surrounding space for almost four ...
Ulysses mission coming to a natural end
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Feb 22, 2008 |
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Ulysses, the mission to study the Sun’s poles and the influence of our star on surrounding space is coming to an end. After more than 17 years in space – almost four times its expected lifetime – the mission ...
Ulysses Flyby of the Sun's North Pole
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Jan 15, 2008 |
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Consider it a case of exquisite timing. Just last week, solar physicists announced the beginning of a new solar cycle and now, Jan. 14th, the Ulysses spacecraft is flying over a key region of solar activity--the ...
Ulysses spacecraft data indicate Solar System shield lowering
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Sep 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Data from the joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission show that the Sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings have become available. This current state of ...
Surprises from the Sun's South Pole
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Although very close to the minimum of its 11-year sunspot cycle, the Sun showed that it is still capable of producing a series of remarkably energetic outbursts - ESA-NASA Ulysses mission revealed.
Ulysses, Fifteen Years And Going Strong
Oct 08, 2005 |
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Fifteen years after its launch, the grand ESA/NASA Ulysses space mission is still going strong, orbiting the Sun and continuing to tell exciting stories about our nearest star. Carried into space on 6 October 1990 by the ...
Moving to the rhythm of the Sun
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Aug 17, 2007 |
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Scientists from the Ulysses mission have proven that sounds generated deep inside the Sun cause the Earth to shake and vibrate in sympathy. They have found that Earth’s magnetic field, atmosphere and terrestrial ...
Ulysses embarks on third set of polar passes
Nov 17, 2006 |
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On 17 November, the joint ESA-NASA Ulysses mission will reach another important milestone on its epic out-of-ecliptic journey: the start of the third passage over the Sun's south pole.
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