Transporting Discovery would be enormously complicated since the two modified Boeing 747s that carried space shuttles mounted ...

The nearly 900-page spending bill, dubbed by President Donald Trump as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” includes a provision ...

NASA may relocate Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Houston under a new $85M law, sparking debate over the ...

Houston – the city that orchestrated NASA’s space shuttle missions but received the ultimate snub of not getting one to display – could finally get its due. The two U.S. senators from Texas ...

The historic space shuttle Discovery, one of NASA’s most famous orbiters, may soon be moving again—though not into space.

The "One Big Beautiful Bill," now enacted, directs that space shuttle Discovery be removed from the Smithsonian and placed on display at Space Center Houston by January 2027.

HOUSTON — Included in President Donald Trump's budget bill passed by the U.S. Senate is a provision from Sen. John Cornyn to consider bringing the Space Shuttle Discovery to 'its rightful home ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery would move to Texas under President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, according to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). “Houston has long been the cornerstone of our ...

Senator John Cornyn (at center) speaks about the "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act," an effort to move the space shuttle Discovery, at a press conference at Space Center Houston on June 20, 2025 ...

Space Center Houston, where the shuttle is expected to be put on display, is the official visitors center of Johnson Space Center in Houston. It is already home to a replica of the Space Shuttle ...

If this is the priority for our tax dollars, we are doomed' The US Congress has passed President Donald Trump's budget bill. In addition to the possibility of a Space Shuttle move, significant changes ...

Yes—and no. Outside Space Center Houston stands Independence, a full-scale shuttle replica mounted atop a real NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. It’s impressive, but it’s not the real thing.