Ulysses
Feb 14 2007, Jolly

NASA’s spacecraft named Ulysses has shown a closest glimpse of the Sun.

The spacecraft was launched on October 6, 1990 and last week it was directly over the south pole of Sun.

Researchers who are closely monitoring the spacecraft mentioned...

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