A former NASA astronaut turned US senator has joined with other lawmakers to insist that his two rides to space remain on display in the Smithsonian. “Why should hundreds of millions of taxpayer ...
The Space Shuttle is composed of three primary components: the Orbiter Vehicle, Solid Rocket Boosters, and the External Tank.
A political effort to remove space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian and place it on display in Texas encountered some pushback on Thursday, as a US senator questioned the expense of carrying out ...
From left: Tim Kopra, CEO of Starlab Space and a former Space Shuttle astronaut; Congressman Randy Weber of Texas' 14th District; U.S. Senator John Cornyn; and Sandy ...
"It's like taking the Washington Monument, sawing it into pieces, and moving it somewhere." The post White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces appeared first on ...
Tucked inside President Donald Trump's flagship tax and spending bill last month was a little-noticed provision to relocate the iconic space shuttle Discovery from a museum outside Washington to ...
In a bolder move than Nicolas Cage stealing the Declaration of Independence, Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are trying to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from its current home at the ...
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, which the ...