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The head of NASA has decided to move one of the agency’s retired space shuttles to Houston, but which one seems to still be up in the air.
Learn about NASA's Space Shuttle, a revolutionary reusable spacecraft. Know about its key findings, its role in building the International Space Station, and why the space shuttle program was ...
The Smithsonian Institution is fighting efforts by Texas lawmakers to relocate the retired space shuttle Discovery from northern Virginia to Houston.
Trump 'Big Beautiful Bill' provides $85 million to move a NASA space shuttle. Here's where Discovery, which made its inaugural flight in 1984, completed 39 missions before it retired in 2011.
A famous NASA space shuttle is set to be moved out of the Smithsonian and to Texas after House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s tax bill Thursday. The focal points of the so-called ...
The Space Shuttle Discovery would move to Texas under President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, according to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). Cornyn’s office said in a statement on his ...
The GOP spending and tax bill would move the Space Shuttle Discovery from its current home at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum annex, the Udvar-Hazy Center, in Virginia to the ...
The Space Shuttle’s iconic design (including the image displayed on the new $1 coins) frequently featured not just the shuttle itself, but its large external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters.
U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz want to relocate space shuttle Discovery to Houston. It will be more challenging than when the shuttle program ended.
Virginia senators oppose Texas senators' proposed plan to move Space Shuttle Discovery The proposed “Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act” would transfer the Space Shuttle Discovery out of Virginia.
It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.