SpaceX did not choose to overhaul its Starship launch pad at Boca Chica, Texas, purely out of engineering ambition. The upgrades trace directly to a failed test flight, a federal investigation, and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 7—The Federal Aviation Administration has announced completion of the Final Tiered Environmental Assessment (EA) of SpaceX's ...

Proposed legislation that would have handed authority to SpaceX to issue closures of Boca Chica Beach and the nearby road died after a vote by state lawmakers on Monday. The vote was close, with seven ...

I've been curious about SpaceX since they muscled into Boca Chica at the southern tip of Texas to build rocket launch facilities. In the two years since they began launching Starship rockets there, ...

Elon Musk’s newly inaugurated space city has been handed control over a piece of Boca Chica beach as it expands its influence over the people and environment living near SpaceX’s rocket launch site.

SpaceX's growth, both on the ground and in space, has skyrocketed this year with the ramping of test flights and the achievement of many major milestones. Its headquarters in South Texas are growing, ...

Two beloved deep South Texas beaches are competing to be recognized as among the top 10 in the state, according to a reader's choice poll currently being conducted by USA Today. Cameron County’s Isla ...

SpaceX could swallow up land at Boca Chica State Park in South Texas after a Thursday decision by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The rocket building company run by billionaire Elon Musk ...

Starbase is the site for Starship’s test launches. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk can now add a Texas city to the long list of ventures he’s juggling. Over the weekend, the SpaceX ...

Texas lawmakers agreed to give the new city of Starbase the authority to periodically close down a South Texas beach, giving more power to municipal officials with close ties to SpaceX over the ...

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The new SpaceX Gigabay at Boca Chica is designed to be a massive vertical integration and assembly facility to support the production and refurbishment of the Starship launch system. The Gigabay will ...