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... Polar Mission, Solar Polar, 20842 Experiments = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=Ulysses Here Nominal Power = 285.0W Additional Information = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftOrbit.do ... AU, and over the north pole in mid-1995. A second solar orbit will take Ulysses again over the south and north poles in years 2000 and 2001, respectively. The spacecraft ...

... field had reversed in polarity since the spacecraft’s first passage over the south pole. Ulysses is part of the Heliospheric Network, a spacecraft fleet that includes NASA’s ESA , the ... Swoops Under Sun’s Pole,” http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/ulysses-20070207.html (accessed 14 September 2010); ESA , “ Ulysses Embarks on Third Set of Solar Passes,” http://www.esa.int ...

... within a transition of cycles,” said Arik Posner, a NASA scientist for the Ulysses program. '' European Space Agency ( ESA ), “ Ulysses at the North Pole,” news release, 15 February 2008, http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMLLN3MDAF_index_0.html (accessed 17 December 2010); Houston Chronicle, “ Ulysses Flies over Sun’s North Pole,” 15 January 2008.'' January 2008 January Jan 1 2008 ...

... of the agencies hoped that the continued operations of Ulysses would help them better understand the Sun. Since the 1990 launch of Ulysses , ESA and NASA both had launched additional fleet of ... another collaborative project between ESA and NASA, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). (ESA, “ Ulysses Mission Home: Ulysses Mission Extended,” http://sci.esa.int/sciencee/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid= 34647 (accessed ...

... summer. 358 - STS-41 UPDATE Latest reports on STS-41 the mission to deploy the Ulysses solar polar probe. 362 - Correspondence Readers letters. 365 - Book Notices 370 SOCIETY NEWS Includes a ... to flight in spectacular fashion. During its four-day mission, Discovery successfully deployed Europe's Ulysses solar polar orbiter. Astronauts Richard Richards and William Shepherd briefed Spaceflight on the mission. 396 ...

... phases and was responsible for part of the magnetometer experiment. The Space Shuttle would take Ulysses into orbit; a modified Centaur upper stage rocket would send it on a trajectory toward ... board would review the spacecraft's readiness. After a mission operations review, ESA would ship Ulysses to KENNEDY SPACE CENTER KSC for flight tests and preparations. At a June meeting in ...

... /95; Science, Oct 27/95) Several wave motions of the Sun were detected by the Ulysses spacecraft. The measurement of an approximately five-minute wave and another about three-hours long ... particle detectors. The shorter wave was confirmed by corresponding tones in the magnetic field data. Ulysses mission scientists have also found that the solar wind in the Sun's polar regions ... Sun's poles. It is jointly managed by NASA and the European Space Agency ( ESA ). Ulysses will reach a maximum northern latitude on July 31. The spacecraft will then begin to ...

... Comet Hyakutake, scientists had taken four years to confirm the discovery. The scientists concluded that Ulysses had discovered a comet tail approximately 300 million miles (483 million kilometers) long. "The discovery ... for it in the first place," was how one project member described the fortunate discovery. Ulysses , a joint mission of NASA and the European Space Agency , had launched in 1990 to ...

... propulsion than any other, than a solid-rocket motor. Shuttle was obligated to launch the Ulysses probe and the Galileo probe, both interplanetary probes, and they needed the most powerful rockets ... it was called, “which will be the first launch of the Shuttle Centaur, to launch Ulysses solar probe.” And Dave Walker four days later, “Four days later, you will launch with ... / accident, “But you can’t tell anybody.” Right. And, “You’ve been training for this Ulysses mission. That was a handpicked group because it was a difficult flight. Your crew is ...

... would fly a mission dedicated to observing Halley's Comet . In May NASA would launch Ulysses , which would fly to Jupiter and use the planet's gravity to “slingshot” itself around ... including launch costs. Keller's toughest time would occur in May, the Post said, when Ulysses and Galileo at the same time would be in the cargo bays of two Space Shuttle s on their launch pads. NASA would try May 15 to launch Ulysses and then Galileo four days later. If anything delayed the May 15 launch, NASA had ...

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