"It's past time that the Space Center Houston Museum houses a space shuttle," Sen. Ted Cruz said about the "Bring the Space Shuttle Home" bill. This story excerpt is courtesy of our partners at ...

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett ... decades under the call sign Air Force One. It carried the space shuttle. And it was the star of any number of Hollywood disaster ...

U.S. senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz introduced a new bill on Thursday called the Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act, which ...

Two Texas senators have introduced legislation that would strip the Smithsonian of the retired space shuttle Discovery and ...

CHANTILLY, Va. — The Space Shuttle Discovery has been a prolific reminder of our nation’s space exploration mission at the National Air & Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Fairfax County for ...

The placement of Discovery has been a sensitive topic since the space shuttle was officially moved to the museum in 2012. It flew its final flight aboard a Boeing 747 to Dulles International Airport.

NASA had two modified Boeing 747 jetliners that were used to ferry the shuttle orbiters across the country. One today sits on display at Space Center Houston and is no longer flightworthy.