Gallery

Images of Ulysses prior to launch (From ESA):

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

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

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

Simulation of Ulysses approaching Jupiter in February 1992:

A wide selection of relevant images is available at the following locations:

• Kennedy Space Center STS-41 page

• Johnson Space Center image archive STS-41 page