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Ulysses (spacecraft)
The Ulysses spacecraft (named for the Latin translation of Odysseus) was launched in October 1990 as a joint venture of NASA and the European Space Agency. It investigated the sun's poles but found no magnetic south pole.
Its mission is extended until at least 2004.
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