Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine object to a recent bill that would ship the shuttle to Texas. Read More
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Two prominent Texas lawmakers are pushing to move the Space Shuttle Discovery out of its place at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly to bring it to Texas — and Virginia’s senators aren’t happy about it.
Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn have filed new legislation called the “Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act.” This would transfer the Discovery to a nonprofit near the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.