Texas and the Smithsonian Are Locked in a Custody Battle Over a Space Shuttle

Two senators earmarked $85 million for the move to Houston—but safely shipping an 86-ton shuttle orbiter cross-country could ...
AOL

Houston may not get Discovery shuttle after all. About NASA chief's plans

NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle may not be on the move any time soon. Lawmakers in Texas have long sought to relocate the historic spacecraft to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and a ...
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The USSR built a giant shuttle to rival NASA’s 2,000+ ton launch system - “Pure aerospace madness”

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed the Buran space shuttle, a massive 105 ton spacecraft designed to rival and ...
Space Coast Daily

NASA Honors Late Astronaut John Fabian With Remembrance Wreath at Space Shuttle Atlantis

NASA Astronaut John Fabian at Kennedy Space Center previewing the last Shuttle mission. July 2011. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – ...
WDBJ

This Day in History: NASA Space Shuttle program begins

The NASA Space Shuttle program began as Space Shuttle Columbia took its maiden voyage. This was the world’s first reusable spacecraft; it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle lasted ...