After 19 years, Ulysses solar probe to go dark
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 14:49
in Astronomy & Space
WASHINGTON (AP) -- NASA and the European Space Agency are about to pull the plug on a robotic solar probe that just wouldn't quit. The Ulysses probe was launched from the space shuttle Discovery in 1990. It was supposed to last five years. But it's now nearing 19 years, 5.8 billion miles and still going....
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