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Texas Republicans Want to Steal Space Shuttle Discovery From the Smithsonian
U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz introduced a new bill on Thursday called the Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act, which ...
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Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston
Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...
Why are two Texas senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian?
And that was all more or less settled until last week when the two US senators from Texas, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, filed ...
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Virginia senators oppose Texas senators' proposed plan to move Space Shuttle Discovery
The placement of Discovery has been a sensitive topic since the space shuttle was officially moved to the museum in 2012. It ...
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Space Shuttle Engines: Just the Stats
A notable exception is the space shuttle main engine ... in which the orbiter was mounted on the back of a Boeing 747, taken aloft, and released, Rocketdyne issued a brochure based on my ...
If senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn get their way, Houston will get a space shuttle
HOUSTON — Texas U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz on Thursday filed new legislation aimed at bringing the Space Shuttle ...
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Space Shuttle Discovery could return to Texas
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill introduced Thursday could help bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back home to Texas. “The first word spoken from the moon was ‘Houston.’ To honor that legacy ...