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Smithsonian digs in against Space Shuttle Discovery move to Texas
The Space Shuttle Discovery doesn't seem poised to boldly go… anywhere. The Smithsonian Institution is digging in against a proposal to move the shuttle to Houston - part of President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" passed earlier this summer.
'The Smithsonian Institution owns the Discovery.' Museum resists Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' plan to move space shuttle to Houston
The provision in Trump's bill allocates $85 million for Discovery's transfer and directs NASA and the Smithsonian to develop a plan for its completion. At least $5 million of that sum is earmarked specifically for the vehicle's relocation; the rest is meant for the construction of a new facility that can publicly display the shuttle.
Shuttle Discovery’s Texas transfer launches cost concerns
Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn argues moving the shuttle to a site near Houston's Johnson Space Center would right an "egregious wrong.”
Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill' Orders Air and Space Museum to Relocate Discovery Shuttle to Houston
The provision requires the Smithsonian to transfer a "space vehicle" to NASA, a move widely understood to target the Discovery space shuttle, which has been on display at the Steven F. Udvar‑Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, since 2012. It mandates that the move be completed no later than January 4, 2027.
“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian
A political effort to remove space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian and place it on display in Texas encountered some pushback.
Trump's signing of 'One Big Beautiful Bill' includes $85 million to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Texas
Buried in the sweeping legislation is an $85 million provision to move NASA's most-flown spacecraft from the national collection to Space Center Houston.
The fight to keep space shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill contained a provision to snatch the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian and relocate it to Houston.
Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian
A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill," a major economic and policy package now nearing a vote in the US Senate.
Smithsonian fights $85M plan to relocate Space Shuttle Discovery to Texas
The ridiculously named "One Big Beautiful Bill" signed last month allocates $85 million to transfer a "space vehicle" to "a field center of the Administration that is involved in the administration of the Commercial Crew Program and "placed on public exhibition at an entity within the Metropolitan Statistical Area where such center is located.
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Here's the "big, beautiful bill"'s $300 million pet project that few noticed
Texas Republicans scored a little-known win in Trump's " big beautiful bill ": the transfer of the iconic Space Shuttle ...
New $1 coin honors Texas, NASA’s Johnson Space Center
The coin, part of a series called the American Innovation $1 Coin Program, was created for Texas and NASA’s mission control.
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Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston
More NASA's retired space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display in Houston, if two lawmakers from Texas get their way. U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted ...
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New legislation aims to bring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston ...
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. The bill, which ...