Discovery was the first operational shuttle to be retired, followed by endeavour and then atlantis. Funding for the move of a space shuttle orbiter from the smithsonian to a houston museum continues to stir debate among senators. The white house is reportedly seeking to move forward with a planned relocation of the discovery space shuttle from its longtime home in chantilly to texas
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The office of management and budget (omb) has requested that the smithsonian institution work with nasa on preparing to transfer the orbiter from the national air and space museum's
Discovery was the third space shuttle orbiter vehicle to fly in space
It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight in 2011 as the oldest and most accomplished orbiter. One of virginiaβs crown jewels of tourist attractions, the discovery space shuttle, could be blasting off somewhere else as u.s Mark warner and tim kaine seek to prevent the move from its home in virginia to texas.
