Original
Ulysses Mission science objectives are to investigate for
the first time as a function of heliographic latitude the
properties of the solar wind, the structure of the Sun/wind
interface, the heliospheric magnetic field, solar radio
bursts and plasma waves, solar X-rays, solar and galactic
cosmic rays, and both interstellar and interplanetary neutral
gas and dust. Additional objectives include the Study of
the Jovian magnetosphere during the Jupiter flyby, the detection
of cosmic gamma ray bursts and triangulation on burst locations
with other detectors and the Search for gravitational waves.
New objectives evolving since launch
are to combine Ulysses in situ measurements of solar wind
fields and particles, cosmic rays, and radio waves over
a wide range of heliolatitudes and radial distances with
remote observations of the Sun and solar corona from ongoing
and upcoming missions to analyze properties and dynamics
of coronal mass ejections and of sources of the solar wind
in order to enhance the ability of those missions to meet
their own science objectives and to construct models of
the 3D Sun and heliosphere.