1. Which planet did Ulysses use to reach the Sun?
Saturn Jupiter Venus Mercury
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
2. Ulysses was the first spacecraft to reach the poles of the Sun.
True False
True
False
3. How long did it take Ulysses to reach the Sun's south pole?
one year three years four years six years
one year
three years
four years
six years
4. How far is the Sun from the Earth?
one million miles ten million miles fifty million miles ninety-three million miles
one million miles
ten million miles
fifty million miles
ninety-three million miles
5. What did Ulysses investigate?
the Sun's corona solar winds and the Sun's magnetic field the pull of gravity from Jupiter the south pole of the Sun
the Sun's corona
solar winds and the Sun's magnetic field
the pull of gravity from Jupiter
the south pole of the Sun
6. Ulysses is scheduled to return to the south pole of the Sun in what year?
1999 2000 2040 2050
1999
2000
2040
2050
