Within the next 18 months, the space shuttle Discovery may be disassembled in Washington D.C., transported more than 1,000 miles to Houston and reassembled. But not if grassroots group Keep The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In 2010, NASA retired four space shuttles, sending them across the United States as a historical reminder of the nation's space history. But none remain in Houston, where NASA’s Johnson Space Center ...
NASA’s new administrator has floated a striking compromise in a long running fight over where the retired shuttle Discovery should live. Instead of uprooting the orbiter from the Smithsonian, he is ...
WASHINGTON (7News) — Space Shuttle Discovery, the most space-flown orbiter in NASA’s fleet, may soon be embarking on a new mission. Not to space, but from its long-time home at the Smithsonian’s ...