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Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

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 send it to Houston for display.

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Virginia senators oppose Texas senators' proposed plan to move Space Shuttle Discovery

CHANTILLY, Va. — The Space Shuttle Discovery has been a prolific reminder of our nation’s space exploration mission at the National Air & Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Fairfax County for 13 years. However, a couple of U.S. lawmakers want to continue its legacy at the Lone Star State instead.

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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 – Houston. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, introduced a bill on Thursday that would move space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Virginia to a nonprofit near the Johnson Space Center in Houston – likely Space Center Houston,

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'The Dream is [still] Alive': First IMAX film shot in space at 40 years

Four decades later, astronaut Marsha Ivins and cinematographer James Neihouse reveal stories from the making of the ...

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The Story Behind the Most Terrifying Space Photo Ever Taken

Bruce McCandless II. Photo: NASA NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II stepped away from the Space Shuttle Challenger on Feb. 7, 1984, using a jet-powered backpack called the Manned Manoeuvring ...

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An Alabama rocket is set to carry NASA's new mini space shuttle

An aerospace contractor that builds rockets here in Alabama is gearing up for a historic blastoff later this year. United ...

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How NASA outsourcing the space program helped enrich Elon Musk

But NASA controlled the launches and crews. That remained true for the Gemini and Apollo programs and the eventual development of the space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that could glide to a ...

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