Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...

Both Texas Senators introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would move the Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to the ...

CHANTILLY, Va. — The Space Shuttle Discovery has been a prolific reminder of our nation’s space exploration mission at the ...

If Congress decides to grant Houston a space shuttle, Space Center CEO William Harris says the city is far more ready than it ...

Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz introduced a bill that would move Space Shuttle Discovery to a nonprofit near the NASA Johnson ...

The shuttle is currently located at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia ...

Ted Cruz introduced the Bring Space Shuttle Discovery Home Act ... Station from its inaugural run in 1980 through its final flight in 2011. Throughout those years, every single flight was run ...

The placement of Discovery has been a sensitive topic since the space shuttle was officially moved to the museum in 2012. It flew its final flight aboard a Boeing 747 to Dulles International Airport.

Since 2012, the space shuttle Discovery has been the centerpiece ... needs new engines and would have to be recertified to return to flight. Moving Discovery by land would require a tremendous ...