Monday, July 7, 2025

Trump's new bill has space shuttle Discovery moving to Texas

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We've got a good roundup of stories for your daily read, starting with some exclusive Prime Day deals, as Amazon's big savings event runs from July 8-11. 

In other headlines, President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" includes $85 million designated to move the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to Space Center Houston, the official visitor center for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. There are a lot of questions about how this process works so we will continue to provide updates once the move is underway.

Other stories for today include an epic thunderstorm captured by an ISS astronaut, the full Buck moon coming this week for skywatching, and a new "Invasion" trailer and release date. We have it all here and more. 

Thanks for exploring with us.

Keep looking up, 

Kenna 

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