NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle may not be on the move any time soon. Lawmakers in Texas have long sought to relocate the historic spacecraft to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and a ...
If there is a custody battle to be had, the Smithsonian has it locked down.
Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...
Today's shuttle launch has been postponed, but two and a half years after seven astronauts died when the space Shuttle Columbia came apart on re-entry, the success of Discovery could be crucial to ...
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Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...