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Ulysses spacecraft ends mission

Submit on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 05:57

Ulysses, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission, officially ceased operations on 30 June 2009, after receiving commands from ground controllers to do so. The spacecraft, which operated for more than 18 years, charted the unexplored regions of space above the poles of the Sun.

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