Ulysses Pictures

This page contains a small selection of images relating to the Ulysses spacecraft. Click on any image to view the full size version. All images provided by NASA, unless otherwise stated.

Pre-Flight Activity

Images of Ulysses prior to launch

[ESA]
[Astrium]

The Ulysses launch

Launch of the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, carrying Ulysses, on Flight STS-41; October 6, 1990.

In Orbit

Artist's conception of the release of Ulysses atop the IUS (Intertial Upper Stage) from the Space Shuttle Discovery.

Photographs of the release of Ulysses and the IUS, taken from Discovery.

Simulation of Ulysses approaching Jupiter in February 1992.

See also the page of Ulysses overview plots.

A wide selection of relevant images is available at the following locations: (clicking on them leaves this site)
ESTEC Ulysses Image Gallery
Kennedy Space Center STS-41 page
Johnson Space Center image archive STS-41 page

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Last changed 1st February 1999 by Geraint Jones.