Jared Isaacman, NASA’s newly confirmed leader, says he will determine whether moving Discovery from the Smithsonian to Houston will be affordable and if it will keep the historic shuttle intact.

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One day in 1982, Ben Nighthorse Campbell walked into a political caucus in Colorado to kill time after thunderstorms grounded his flight. He ended up volunteering to run for office that day and wound ...

In this 2005 file photo, retired U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Colorado Republican, makes a point during an interview in his home in Ignacio, Colo. One day in 1982, Ben Nighthorse Campbell ...

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Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, who overcame a hardscrabble childhood to become the first Native ...

The National Museum of the Pacific War has refitted its George H.W. Bush Gallery, helping to make this one of the best ...