Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and send it to Houston for display. NASA's retired space shuttle Discovery ...

In 2010, NASA retired four space shuttles ... move the Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia back to Houston. The Space Shuttle Discovery is the only one of the four shuttles still owned by ...

"Bringing the Discovery to its final home will ... "To honor that legacy, it's long overdue for a retired NASA Space Shuttle to rest at Houston's Johnson Space Center so Texans can see, learn ...

The Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act aims to bring a real, flown shuttle — Discovery — to Houston, arguing that the city deserves one due to its historic role in NASA's space missions.

Rehoming NASA’s fleet of space shuttles took a lot ... one final option for moving the shuttle: disassemble Discovery and drive it to Houston. But the shuttle wasn’t designed to be taken ...

In other words, the Discovery doesn’t absolutely ... “To honor that legacy, it’s long overdue for a retired NASA Space Shuttle to rest at Houston’s Johnson Space Center so Texans can ...

which would require the space shuttle Discovery to be transferred from the Smithsonian to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Discovery was sent to the Smithsonian because it’s the oldest ...

If Congress decides to grant Houston a space shuttle, Space Center CEO William Harris says the city is far more ready than it was a decade ago. © 2025 American City ...