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Buried in the sweeping legislation is an $85 million provision to move NASA's most-flown spacecraft from the national ...
At a time when money is too tight for NASA’s science exploration endeavors, Texas senators are willing to pour millions into ...
U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz got language into President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" that creates a path for ...
The Senate narrowly passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Tuesday with a provision setting aside $85 million to move Discovery ...
A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with ...
The Space Shuttle Discovery would move to Texas under President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, according to Sen.
The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum could lose the iconic Discovery space shuttle to Houston if a pair of Texas senators ...
Yes—and no. Outside Space Center Houston stands Independence, a full-scale shuttle replica mounted atop a real NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. It’s impressive, but it’s not the real thing.
Much of the shuttle’s storied history was written in Houston, home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. But today, Discovery rests far from Texas, on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and ...
A new attraction with deep ties to Houston's legacy in space exploration may be headed to Space City. The U.S. Senate has passed the Big Beautiful Bill, and it includes $85 million to relocate the ...
With the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery now retired, a new set has taken its place. This one isn't just a shuttle, however: It's the Space Shuttle Enterprise on the back of a Boeing 747 carrier.