Relocation of space shuttle Discovery may hinge on “Big Beautiful Bill”

Texas senators want to take Discovery space shuttle away from Smithsonian

Two Texas Republicans want to use taxpayer dollars to seize the Space Shuttle Discovery from the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center and move it to Texas. The senators from the Lone Star State added legislation to One Big Beautiful Bill that would move Discovery from Northern Virginia to Texas. Air and Space Museum Director Chris Browne said he is unaware of a member of Congress or any administration ever trying to seize an artifac…

Relocation of space shuttle Discovery may hinge on “Big Beautiful Bill”

An effort to move shuttle Discovery has merged with the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian - WorldNL Magazine

In 2011, the NASA Office of the Inspector General investigated the process that NASA went through and found "no evidence that the White House, politics, or any other outside force improperly influenced the selection decision." The OIG did find one "significant error," but it would have benefited the National Museum of the US Air Force in Ohio, rather than Space Center Houston. Don’t say Discovery The language in the Senate bill avoids any mentio…