The Ulysses mission, launched in 1990 to study the sun´s poles, will officially cease on 1 July 2009, according to the BBC. The lifetime of the craft is 4 times longer than originally designed, but now it is struggling to run on backup systems only and the benefits no longer justify the costs. The final commands will be given on 30 June GMT after which no more communications will be made.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
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