Why NASA Picked A Boeing 747 To Piggyback The Space Shuttle

NASA's fleet of Space Shuttles could survive challenging solar conditions, but needed a boost to get around on Earth. Here's ...
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White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces

On October 11, 2012, NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour embarked on its arduous, 12-mile journey from an airplane hangar to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The iconic spacecraft had just ...
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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) ...
Ars Technica

Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one

The head of NASA has decided to move one of the agency’s retired space shuttles to Houston, but which one seems to still be up in the air. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), who earlier this year ...