National Zoo, Air and Space Museum cancel Halloween events due to government shutdown

The National Zoo and National Air and Space Museum called off their popular annual Halloween kids’ events, a disappointment ...
CultureMap Houston on MSN

Debate continues over moving space shuttle from D.C. to Houston

Texas’ two U.S. senators, Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, have called for the Space Shuttle Discovery to be relocated ...
ABC7 KABC

Smithsonian museums, National Zoo closed amid government shutdown

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo, which receive federal funding, are closing temporarily amid the federal government ...

Moving NASA Space Shuttle to Texas from DC Could Damage It, Experts Say

Discovery, the showpiece of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space ...
Scientific American

The Strange Saga of the Great Texas Space Shuttle Heist

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Quest to Replicate the Splendor of the H-1 Racer

Initially working out of a shed in Glendale, California, the team built the racer in just over 16 months, completing ...