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

Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are blaming political favoritism for what they call a decades-old snub—and now ...

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U.S. Senators John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, filed the Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act, which would allow the ...

While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate." ...

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O n April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope flew aboard space shuttle Discovery, which makes this year the 35th ...

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