What went up cannot all come down (for museum display). Smithsonian curator Teasel Muir-Harmony (at left) moderates a panel on […]
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NASA issues draft request for moving space shuttle Discovery—or Orion capsule
“My job now is to make sure that we can undertake such a transportation [of Discovery] within the budget dollars […]
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100 years later, where is Robert Goddard’s first liquid-fuel rocket?
“He didn’t preserve it as a sacred object… “ Robert Goddard (at left) and Henry Sachs, Percy Roope, and Esther […]
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All sorts of interesting flags and artifacts will fly to the Moon on Artemis II
NASA’s first astronauts to fly to the Moon in more than 50 years will pay tribute to the lunar and […]
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Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian
It is unknown what, if any, actions Roberts took in response to the letter. The Smithsonian issued a statement asserting […]
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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle
(Oddly, Cornyn and Weber’s letter to Roberts described the law as requiring Duffy “to transfer a space vehicle involved in […]
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Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one
An orbiter by any other name… “The acting administrator has made an identification.” Don’t say Discovery: Acting NASA Administrator Sean […]
Smithsonian Air and Space opens halls for “milestone” and “future” artifacts
$900M renovation nearing completion John Glenn’s Friendship 7 returns as SpaceX and Blue Origin artifacts debut. “Futures in Space” recaptures […]
“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian
Citing research by NASA and the Smithsonian, Durbin said that the total was closer to $305 million and that did […]
Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian
In 2011, the NASA Office of the Inspector General investigated the process that NASA went through and found “no evidence […]
