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City leaders held their first public meetings this week since voters approved the South Texas city’s incorporation.
Local organizations strongly opposed the measure, hosting phone banking events to urge lawmakers to vote against the bill.
In a letter obtained by The Texas Newsroom, Starbase City Administrator Kent Myers told local landowners they may lose the ...
This week at Starbase, Ship 36 receives its third RVAC motor and left aft flat for installation, Ship 37 has moved to mass east to cryo proof the fuel tanks, and ...
Local officials certified the election results creating the new City of Starbase after opposition from local activist groups.
The Texas Senate agreed Friday to make it easier for the new city, home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to shutter the beach during rocket launches.
The federal approval comes after vote from residents — mostly SpaceX employees — to form a new city at the Rio Grande Valley ...
A preliminary vote count in Cameron County, Texas, shows 97.25% of voters in favor of incorporating the SpaceX launch site into its own city.
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US billionaire businessman and pilot Jared Isaacman flies in formation aboard a fighter jet over the SpaceX sign, close to the Starship spacecraft, before his third test flight from Starbase in ...
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) SpaceX’s ...
The Starship rocket did not achieve some of its most important testing goals, bringing fresh engineering hurdles to CEO Elon ...