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 ...

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.

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

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare atmospheric phenomenon over the US and Mexico known as a "sprite" that's ...

The Smithsonian could lose the iconic space shuttle Discovery to Texas as part of President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill. Pictured, astronaut Steve Robinson maneuvers under the shuttle ...

Out of that appropriations, $85 million is directed to carry out Cornyn's Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act, which calls for Discovery to be removed from its home of the past 13 years, the National ...

What takes 170,000 pounds, orbited the Earth 39 times, and is about to embark on a cross-country relocation that would make even the most experienced moving firm break out in a cold sweat? The answer: ...

The space shuttle has been at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center since 2012, drawing 25 million visitors.

Much of the shuttle’s storied history was written in Houston, home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. But today, Discovery rests far from Texas, on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and ...

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.