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Bid to relocate US Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback
Tucked inside President Donald Trump's flagship tax and spending bill last month was a little-noticed provision to relocate ...
Texas senators want to move space shuttle Discovery to Houston. The Smithsonian is fighting back.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act gave NASA Administrator Sean Duffy until Sunday to identify a space vehicle to rehome. Will ...
Smithsonian digs in against Space Shuttle Discovery move to Texas
The Smithsonian Institution is digging in against a proposal to move the shuttle to Houston - part of President Donald ...
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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 ...
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'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 ...
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The big beautiful bill failed to eliminate waste
Andy McKean is a charming country lawyer from Anamosa. He grew up in New York and was drawn to Iowa by his family roots.
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reopens 5 renovated galleries starring SpaceX rocket parts, a 3D-printed Mars habitat and more
The museum's flagship building on the National Mall drew thousands of visitors on Monday who were among the first to tour ...