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Texas would get iconic space shuttle Discovery

Texas would get iconic space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian under Trump’s budget bill

The Senate narrowly passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Tuesday with a provision setting aside $85 million to move Discovery to Space Center Houston. U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, are pushing for the move and lauded its passage this week. Cornyn said the move would right an “egregious wrong.”

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Smithsonian would lose space shuttle to Texas under GOP bill

Moving Discovery was the goal of legislation brought earlier this year by Texas Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, who said in April that Houston's long ties to the space program should have been recognized with a space shuttle when four were retired by NASA in 2010.

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Houston could get a famed NASA space shuttle thanks to Trump’s 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz got language into President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" that creates a path for getting a space shuttle to Houston.

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Ted Cruz’s Bid to Reclaim Space Shuttle Discovery Could Cost $400 Million

At a time when money is too tight for NASA’s science exploration endeavors, Texas senators are willing to pour millions into ...

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Behind the $85 Million Space Shuttle Move Fierce Debate Over Engineering, Cost, and National Legacy

I would much rather see that money invested in NASA’s science program,” said Garrett Reisman, who flew on Discovery as a ...

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Jewels of discovery by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope in its first 3 years

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope began its legendary mission unfolding the secrets of our universe and producing some of the most detailed images of celestial objects to date.

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NASA telescope made terrifying planet discovery where it rains glass at 4,300 miles per hour

Its color is actually caused by the effects of a 2,000 degree Fahrenheit (1,093 Celsius) atmosphere where rock-forming ...

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10 most powerful space telescopes ever built

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

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