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Skywatch: Putting Hubble’s cosmic discoveries into focus
Just about everyone has heard of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — not too surprising considering that it has been with us for ...
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Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston
Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...
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Space constraints
The grounding of the space shuttle fleet after the loss of Columbia has halted construction on the ISS and reduced the number of station service missions, both of which take up large blocks of work ...
SpaceX launches third fleet of spy satellites in 8 days
SpaceX launched its third fleet of spy satellites in 8 days on Sunday, its tenth mission of the year in support of the ...
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Steve Cubbage: Billionaire Space Cowboys Drive Ag Tech
When NASA mothballed the remaining space shuttle fleet, the ability to deliver military, research and commercial payloads into space was seriously compromised. That meant GPS, communication ...
Texas Senators John Cornyn, Ted Cruz file bill to bring famed NASA space shuttle to Houston
The two U.S. senators from Texas are hoping to bring one of NASA’s famed space shuttles to what they call its rightful home – ...
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Space Shuttle Discovery could return to Texas
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill introduced Thursday could help bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back home to Texas. “The first word spoken from the moon was ‘Houston.’ To honor that legacy ...
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Texas senators introduce bill to move Udvar-Hazy Space Center from Virginia to Houston
HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle Discovery home to the Houston area from Virginia. The bill ...