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Ulysses in the open payload bay of Space Shuttle Discovery |
Ulysses, attached to the Payload Assist Module-Shuttle (PAM-S) and Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) combination, is released from Discovery |
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With the Earth's surface below, the Ulysses spacecraft together with the inertial upper stage (IUS) (the gold and white cylinder with rocket nozzle visible) and the payload assist module-Shuttle (PAM-S) drift against the blackness of space after deployment from Discovery's payload bay |