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TheSpace Shuttle mockup Independence mounted on top of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at Space Center Houston. If you ask me the Shuttle "Enterprise" should be moved from New York to Houston and placed on top of the 747 that was actualy used to test the Space Shuttle's landing capabilities. |
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Website : www.texas.gov |
Capital
: Austin |
Highest
point : Guadalupe
Peak, 8,749 feet |
Area : 268,601 square miles,
2nd largest state. |
Population : 20,851,820
(2000 Census) |
Motto
: Friendship
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Admitted to
Union : December 29, 1845 |
State
Song : "Texas, Our Texas" |
State Bird : Mockingbird |
State Flower : Blue Bonnet
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State Tree : Pecan
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