Solar orbiter Ulysses ends mission after 18 years
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 20:56
in Astronomy & Space
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The interplanetary space probe Ulysses officially ceased operations on Tuesday after an 18-year voyage of roughly 5.5 billion miles (8.85 billion km) and nearly three complete orbits around the sun, NASA said.
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