Ulysses Solar Probe Near Death After 17 Years in Operation
Controllers fear the Ulysses solar probe will soon reach the end of its useful service life, more than 17 years after its launch on the space shuttle Discovery in October 1990. Designed to give scientists their first good look at the Sun’s poles, Ulysses is succumbing to the cold of its 6.2-year...
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