Lawmakers pushing to move the iconic spacecraft from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to Texas just got the Department of ...

The Smithsonian recently confirmed that NASA and the museum have been directed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ...

Moving the Discovery from Virginia to Texas could be risky for the fragile craft. After the space shuttle Discovery made its ...

The two Texas Senators trying to mandate the relocation of Discovery from the Smithsonian Institution's Udvar-Hazy Center in ...

Texas legislators accused the Smithsonian of potentially violating anti-lobbying laws. The Smithsonian told Congress moving ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Space History curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur takes us on a tour inside of Space Shuttle Discovery, on display at the National Air and Space Museum ...

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.

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Congressman Randy Weber (R-TX-14) are asking the U.S. Department of ...

HOUSTON — A new political fight has erupted over whether the Space Shuttle Discovery should remain in Virginia or be relocated to Houston. On Sept. 23, Virginia Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined ...

Three U.S. lawmakers from Texas are accusing the Smithsonian Institution of engaging in “illegal lobbying” to block Discovery ...

The saga of the Great Space Shuttle Relocation has taken another turn after US lawmakers asked the Department of Justice to ...

How would you move a retired orbiter across the US? The White House's Office of Management and Budget is grappling with how ...