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A new front has opened in the battle over space shuttle Discovery, and the fight has made its way to the Justice Department. The two Texas Senators trying to mandate the relocation of Discovery from ...

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An artist is auctioning off his archive for a sculpture at CIA headquarters that has transfixed code breakers for decades.

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The event, hosted by the San Diego Air and Space Museum and the Spirit of Liberty Foundation, marked the 250th birthday of ...