Houston Public Media

NASA begins contracting process to potentially relocate Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston

Congress approved some funding to relocate the Space Shuttle Discovery to Space Center Houston, which prompted some pushback ...
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 ...
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 ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Space shuttle makes rare nighttime landing

Endeavour and its six astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday, making a rare nighttime landing to end a mission that resulted in the virtual completion of the International Space Station. The ...
Scientific American

The Strange Saga of the Great Texas Space Shuttle Heist

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...