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NASA freezes plan to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian home

NASA has put the brakes on a politically charged plan to uproot Space Shuttle Discovery from its longtime home at the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. The agency’s new leadership ...
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NASA’s Abandoned Shuttle Successor, How Lockheed Martin’s X-33 Was Built, Tested, and Ultimately Cancelled

In the 1990s, NASA and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works pursued a radical reusable spacecraft designed to slash launch costs and replace the Space Shuttle. This deep dive into the X-33 and VentureStar ...