THE LEWIS SATELLITE WAS EXPECTED
To burn up in Earth's atmosphere after three weeks of futile attempts by NASA and TRW engineers to regain control of the spinning spacecraft (AW&ST Sept. 1, p. 31). The 890-lb. remote sensing technology satellite was on course to reenter the atmosphere around Sept. 27. NASA officials said that...
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