On July 26, 2005, the space shuttle Discovery launched on the first "Return to Flight" mission following the Columbia disaster that killed seven crewmembers a little over two years earlier. A few ...

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 ...

Smithsonian estimates $300M-400M to move Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston, far exceeding Sen. Cruz's $85M proposal in spending bill. Houston Business Journal Select a City ...

HOUSTON — Texas Republicans want to bring Space Shuttle Discovery to town, but its current owners say Sen. Ted Cruz’s estimate to move the veteran spacecraft is way off. The Smithsonian ...