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A Virginia group wants to stop NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery from moving to Texas

NPR | By Ryan Benk,

David Folkenflik, Jacob Fenston

Published June 14, 2026 at 7:26 AM CDT

Two senators from Texas want to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Virginia to Houston. NPR's David Folkenflik talks with activist Joe Stief of the group Keep The Shuttle.

Ryan Benk

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David Folkenflik

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.

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Jacob Fenston