After glitches and delays, Endeavour finally reaches its new home “It was built for orbital speeds approaching five miles per second, but space shuttle Endeavour took its own sweet time […]
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Space Shuttle Discovery Is Now An Exhibit
NASA transferred space shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonianâs National Air and Space Museum during a ceremony Thursday, April 19, at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
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New York's Deceptive Shuttle Bid
Museum Seeks State Money for Space Shuttle’s Home, NY Times “Officials of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan have taken their pitch for government support of the […]
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Dayton Uses New White House Online Petition Process To Get A Shuttle
Dayton City Paper Donates Full Page Ad to Space Shuttle Enterprise Petition Effort “The quest to land retired Space Shuttle Enterprise at the National Museum of the United States Air […]
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Houston Takes Another Shot at New York Over Shuttle Exhibit
Houston delegation wants a new shot at shuttle, Houston Chronicle “The museum does not own the land where it hopes to display the Enterprise, a parking lot across the busy […]
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Houston Still Simmers over Shuttle Snub
A closer look at Houston’s shuttle snub, KTRK “He awarded the shuttles using a point system that gave no points for connection to space despite its inclusion in the law. […]
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NASA OIG Review of NASA's Selection of Display Locations for the Space Shuttle Orbiters
NASA OIG Review of NASA’s Selection of Display Locations for the Space Shuttle Orbiters “The Administrator’s decision, while greeted with excitement at the chosen locations, was not well received in […]
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Shuttles and Museums: Thinking Outside The Box
Making Do With a Plywood Spaceship, New York Times “Q. What was your response when NASA announced its decision? A. A shuttle would have been our first choice. I won’t […]
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The President: Shuttles and Politics
Obama to reporter: ‘Let me finish my answers’ next time, The Oval (with video) “Obama also bristled at claims that is administration skipped Houston in the award of space shuttle […]
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Texas Politicians Escalate Fight With New York and NASA
Letter from Texas House Delegation to NASA Administrator Bolden About Shuttle Decision “It is our hope that politics did not play a role in this historic decision. If there is […]