Houston Public Media

Space shuttle Discovery is headed to Houston. The Smithsonian and NASA say it may have to be sent in pieces

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...
Forbes

Space Shuttle Discovery Would Need To Be Dismantled For Planned Move

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. The Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) would need to be cut into ...
St. Cloud Times

St. Cloud's future space shuttle is on the move despite financial uncertainty

ST. CLOUD — The largest part of St. Cloud’s future space shuttle, Inspiration Mock Orbiter, is expected to depart from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this Wednesday, LVX System founder Felicity John ...
Time

The Space Shuttle Must Be Stopped

A spacecraft is a metaphor of national inspiration: majestic, technologically advanced, produced at dear cost and entrusted with precious cargo, rising above the constraints of the earth. The ...
Yahoo

Trump 'Big Beautiful Bill' provides $85 million to move a NASA space shuttle. Here's where

Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in orbit. As part of Republicans' massive tax and spending legislation ...
New York Post

Why the Space Shuttle was the wrong craft at the wrong time

When the Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Fla., for its April 12, 1981 maiden voyage, it ushered in a new and exciting age of space travel and ...
Los Angeles Times

Space shuttle Endeavour is lifted into the sky, takes final position as star of new museum wing

The final journey for the last space shuttle ever built is complete. Set against the black backdrop of the night sky, a crane hoisted a white shrink-wrapped Endeavour 200 feet overhead before gently ...
Space.com

Solid rocket boosters for shuttle Endeavour exhibit capped with nose cones

The California Science Center's 'Go for Stack' campaign took another step forward. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The work to ...
The New York Times

The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars

In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House and seven talented astronauts were wrangled into an orbital battle over soft-drink supremacy. In the summer of 1985, NASA, the Reagan White House ...
CNN

The space shuttle was revolutionary for its time. What went wrong?

Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a project ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Space Shuttle Astronauts Tell All

A new book by NASA astronaut Tom Jones shares intriguing stories about the agency’s longest-running space exploration program Diane Tedeschi Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-2) prepares for an unpowered ...