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Why are two Texas senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian?

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Two Texas senators filed the "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act " to move Space Shuttle Discovery from its current location the Smithsonian 's National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia to Houston .

The timing is due to the reelection campaign for Sen. John Cornyn , who faces a stiff runoff against Ken Paxton .

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