Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian

The Battle Over Space Shuttle Discovery Keeps Getting Crazier

Lawmakers pushing to move the iconic spacecraft from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to Texas just got the Department of Justice involved.

Texas Republicans allege Smithsonian broke lobbying law on shuttle

Three Texas GOP lawmakers are alleging that the Smithsonian Institution illegally lobbied Congress to block the transfer of the space shuttle Discovery from a Virginia museum to Houston, home of NASA’s Mission Control, and called on the Justice Department to investigate. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz along with Rep. Randy Weber alleged in a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Pamela Bondi that Smithsonian staff violated federal lobbying law by…

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Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian

The Texas lawmakers behind the effort to relocate space shuttle Discovery are now calling for the Department of Justice to investigate the Smithsonian.

The Smithsonian Might Have To Cut Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces To Get It To Texas

A fierce political tug-of-war has erupted over one of America’s most iconic space artifacts — the space shuttle Discovery. Once celebrated for its groundbreaking missions beyond Earth, Discovery now faces an uncertain future back on the ground. The Smithsonian Institution, which proudly houses the shuttle at its Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, is resisting efforts to […] The post The Smithsonian Might Have To Cut Space Shuttle Discovery Into Piec…