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Trump's signing of 'One Big Beautiful Bill' includes $85 million to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Texas

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

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.

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US Mint begins sales of $1 coin honoring innovative NASA space shuttle

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

The United States Mint is ready to launch the next $1 coin in its American Innovation series, honoring NASA's retired space shuttle.

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Texas Senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from Texas get their way.

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The most memorable space shuttle missions

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The milestones, heartbreaks, and discoveries that shaped NASA's 30-year shuttle program.

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Endeavour: NASA's youngest space shuttle

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Buran: The Soviet space shuttle that flew just once

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The Buran spacecraft was the Soviet Union's response to NASA's space shuttle program.

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Full-size mock space shuttle makes first move towards Downey display

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration."

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Signed steel beams 'top off' L.A. home for space shuttle Endeavour

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

The new home of NASA's retired space shuttle Endeavour, the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, has reached new heights and the California Science Center is celebrating with a "topping off" ceremony.

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a crane lifts a full-size model of a nasa space shuttle onto its mock orange fuel tank and white solid rocket boosters in a horizontal position, with trees in the background
Mock shuttle Pathfinder restored atop its stack at Alabama rocket center (photos)

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

An early mockup of NASA's winged orbiters, Pathfinder was returned to its position atop a space shuttle propulsion "stack" at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Endeavour lifted onto space shuttle stack for California Science Center exhibit (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

A space shuttle is standing upright for the first time in more than a decade. Cranes lifted Endeavour off a Los Angeles side street and onto an external tank with solid rocket boosters for display.

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