International Solar Polar Mission


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International Solar Polar Mission

former name of Ulysses.
Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
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* Ulysses, the farthest-reaching mission on this year's launch schedule, once went by the more descriptive name of the International Solar Polar Mission. Set for shuttle launch on Oct.
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NASA and ESA had previously planned to collaborate on a project called the International Solar Polar Mission, with each agency sending a spacecraft to fly close over the poles of the sun.
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