Number 6 (Story #3), October 25, 1990 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein THE SPACECRAFT ULYSSES ,destined to fly over the sun's poles, was launched on October 6. In order to get into its solar polar orbit, Ulysses must first travel to Jupiter, where gravity will help lift the craft up out of the ecliptic plane. Ulysses, which will reach Jupiter on February 11, 1992 and the solar north pole on July 12, 1995, was designed to be one of a pair of probes to fly in opposite directions over the solar poles. NASA canceled funds for the other craft in 1984 because of budget problems. (Science News, October 20, 1990.)