On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. The space shuttle ...

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...

Greg Abbott. The shuttle has been on display in Virginia since April 2012, when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) transferred Discovery to the Smithsonian, according to the ...

HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle Discovery home ... "rightful home near NASA's Johnson Space Center." ...

In 2010, NASA retired four space shuttles ... the ‘Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act" would move the Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia back to Houston. The Space Shuttle Discovery is 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.

“Our residents have worked on [the shuttle program] among other NASA programs ... Center at the Smithsonian since 2011. Discovery, which replaced Space Shuttle Enterprise at the Smithsonian ...

Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. | Credit: Smithsonian/Dane Penland NASA's retired space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display in Houston, if two ...