TRW AND NASA WERE FAILING

In their attempts to re-establish contact with the Lewis satellite, which went into a spin and lost power late last month (AW&ST Sept. 1, p. 31). Repeated commands sent last week via ground stations and NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System were unable to turn the spacecraft's transmitter...

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