TEXT: SPACE.COM E-MAIL - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1999

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-- X-34 COMPLETES 1999 FLIGHT TESTS
-- SPACE HISTORY MILESTONE: SPUTNIK 1 LAUNCH
-- SUPER GUPPY - RELIABLE WORKHORSE STILL SERVES NASA
-- RUSSIA SAYS U.S. ANTI-MISSILE TEST VIOLATES ABM DEAL
-- SPACE APPLICATIONS DOMINATE IAF CONFERENCE
-- TODAY'S SPACEFACT

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X-34 COMPLETES 1999 FLIGHT TESTS

NASA has concluded flight tests for 1999 on the X-34, an experimental craft
that could cut launch costs from $10,000 per pound today to about $1,000 per
pound.
http://www.space.com/business/aerospace/x34_991005.html

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SPACE HISTORY MILESTONE: SPUTNIK 1 LAUNCH

Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviets 42 years ago this week, was the first
artificial satellite to successfully orbit the Earth. While launches today
are viewed as routine, in those days such an event sent shockwaves around
the world and was a wake up call to the United States.
http://www.space.com/news/international/sputnik42_991005.html

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SUPER GUPPY - RELIABLE WORKHORSE STILL SERVES NASA

NASA's Guppy aircraft is being pressed into service once again, this time as
a transport for a key element of the International Space Station.
http://www.space.com/news/spacestation/guppy_991004.html

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RUSSIA SAYS U.S. ANTI-MISSILE TEST VIOLATES ABM DEAL

Russian officials said the United States had violated the Anti-Ballistic
Missile treaty and undermined arms control efforts by testing a "kill
vehicle" designed to destroy long-range strategic weapons.
http://www.space.com/news/international/russia_abm_991005_wg.html

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SPACE APPLICATIONS DOMINATE IAF CONFERENCE

The 50th annual International Astronautical Congress, being held in
Amsterdam this week, is focusing on the role of space in the information
age.
http://www.space.com/science/iaf_991003.html

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TODAY'S SPACEFACT

Most moons of Uranus are named after characters in the writings of William
Shakespeare. Two exceptions -- Belinda and Umbriel -- are named after
characters in Alexander Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock.'
For more of space.com's Fact Collection go to:
http://www.space.com/facts

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