EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY said its Ulysses spacecraft, the first probe ever to fly over the poles of the Sun, climbed to its maximum latitude of 80.2 degrees over the Sun's northern pole on July 31. Ulysses is carrying nine scientific instruments provided by research institutes in Europe and the U.S.
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