A summary of the joint ESA/NASA Ulysses expedition to the polar regions of the Sun. Starting with the Discovery shuttle launch on October 6, 1990, the mission will utilize the gravitational field of Jupiter, investigating the Jovian magnetosphere in the process.

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01:00:00:00 satellite images: solar flares and the Sun
01:00:30:00 animations: Ulysses uses the gravitational field of Jupiter
01:00:52:00 title: Ulysses' encounter with Jupiter
01:00:57:00 var s' Ulysses launch by Discovery, October 1990
01:01:07:00 mcs Willis Meeks, Ulysses Project Manager for NASA
01:01:23:00 animation: Ulysses' flight path
01:01:31:00 animation: structure of the satellite
01:01:47:00 mcs Dr. Edward Smith, Ulysses Project Scientist for NASA
01:01:57:00 animations: Ulysses and the solar wind
01:02:08:00 animation: Ulysses' journey
01:02:26:00 animation: the rotating magnetic field of Jupiter
01:02:36:00 animation/image: Jupiter's magnetosphere
01:02:46:00 animation: Jupiter's moons
01:02:59:00 animation: Jupiter's plasma ring
01:03:30:00 animation: Jupiter's magnetosphere and the solar wind
01:04:00:00 animation: relative flight paths of Voyager, Pioneer and Ulysses
01:04:10:00 animations: Ulysses in orbit
01:04:28:00 mcs the Sun from Earth
01:04:36:00 credits
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