Moving the Discovery from Virginia to Texas could be risky for the fragile craft. After the space shuttle Discovery made its ...
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The Smithsonian might have to cut space shuttle Discovery into pieces to get it to Texas
The Smithsonian recently confirmed that NASA and the museum have been directed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ...
Lawmakers pushing to move the iconic spacecraft from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to Texas just got the Department of ...
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 ...
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Why Virginia and Texas Are Fighting over the Discovery Space Shuttle
Texas lawmakers have demanded the Discovery shuttle be moved to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, but daunting technical challenges remain—and Virginia officials have dug in against the move.
Space travel should by rights make for rocket-fuelled television, but documentaries on the subject too often veer into ...
Within the next 18 months, the space shuttle Discovery may be disassembled in Washington D.C., transported more than 1,000 miles to Houston and reassembled. But not if grassroots group Keep The ...
New Scientist on MSN
See the beauty of space, captured by the astronauts who experienced it
A new book and documentary from James Bluemel tells the story of the space race so far in photographs, a mix of images from ...
Morning Overview on MSN
Why Nasa used a Boeing 747 to carry the space shuttle
The choice of the Boeing 747 as the primary aircraft to ferry the Space Shuttle orbiter was a decision rooted in the jumbo ...
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