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Ulysses and Space Shuttle Orbiter of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Ulysses Preparations
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Ulysses Preparations |
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06.06.1990 |
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Technicians in Hangar AO on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station continue preflight checkout and testing of the Ulysses spacecraft. Ulysses is a NASA/European Space Agency project launched from the Space Shuttle (Mission STS-41). *Image Credit*: NASA/JPL |
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Ulysses Launch
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Ulysses Launch |
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10.06.1990 |
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The Space Shuttle Discovery hurtles into space as sister ship Columbia looks on from Launch Pad 39A. Discovery lifted off from pad 39B at 7:47 a.m. EDT, Oct. 6. Columbia will be moved to the vacated pad 39B where it will undergo testing to pinpoint the source of a liquid hydrogen leak. Discovery is carrying a crew of five and the Ulysses solar explorer as it embarks on mission STS-41, a four-day flight. *Image Credit*: NASA |
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Ulysses Leaves Earth
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Ulysses Leaves Earth |
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An artist's impression of the Ulysses spacecraft mated with its solid rocket booster drifting away from the Space Shuttle Discovery. The booster was used to push Ulysses out of Earth orbit towards Jupiter. Ulysses used Jupiter's gravity to hurl it into an orbit that takes it over the Sun's polar regions, an area not visible to Earth-based observers. *Image Credit*: Boeing, NASA and European Space Agency |
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