Slice of History - Ulysses Anniversary

Oct. 1, 2020

Project Ulysses Team group photo on the steps of Building 180

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

JPLers and European Space Agency (ESA) staffers working on Ulysses craft

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

JPL’s first flight project manager, Willis G. Meeks, who sits with a model of Ulysses

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Ulysses Anniversary

6 October celebrates the 30th anniversary of the launch of Ulysses. Formerly known as the International Solar Polar Mission, Ulysses was the first mission to study the never before examined north and south poles of the Sun. [See more...] CL#20-4339