Moving Discovery was the goal of legislation brought earlier this year by Texas Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, who said in April that Houston's long ties to the space program should have been recognized with a space shuttle when four were retired by NASA in 2010.

Texas Senators are trying to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from its current home at the Smithsonian to the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Despite the Johnson Space Center's central role in America's space program, no shuttle was sent to Space City. That decision left many feeling snubbed, including U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz,