Controllers were scheduled

Controllers were scheduled to make one last attempt to contact the Comet Nucleus Tour (Contour) spacecraft Dec. 20, and then give up the probe as lost if it didn't reply to their signals. As feared, Contour remained silent Dec. 18 during a 12-hr. session that used the 35- and 70-meter (115-230-ft.)...

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