SpaceX has a few more regulatory hurdles to clear before its gigantic Starship spacecraft can soar halfway around the world ...

The SpaceX Starbase industrial complex and rocket launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

SpaceX has received approval to launch its Starship rocket 25 times a year from the city of Starbase in South Texas.

The federal approval comes after vote from residents — mostly SpaceX employees — to form a new city at the Rio Grande Valley ...

Billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to launch Starship again in South Texas after two test flights failed earlier this year. SpaceX last launched its Starship rocket on March 6, but that ...

Local officials certified the election results creating the new City of Starbase after opposition from local activist groups.

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Starbase may sound like some sort of galactic outpost located in the far reaches of space, but in fact, it's just the newest ...

SpaceX received key U.S. regulatory approval on Tuesday to increase the annual rate of Starship rocket launches from Texas ...

All three — running unopposed — have longstanding connections with SpaceX, Elon Musk’s company headquartered in South Texas. Three people — all with deep ties to SpaceX — are running to ...

The campus for SpaceX’s Starship system, known as Starbase, can be seen for miles. Its launch site towers over the remote coastal flatlands that have long defined this southern tip of Texas.

But the company did fire the six Raptor engines for about 60 seconds on the Starship's upper stage Monday morning from SpaceX's launch facility in South Texas. SpaceX confirmed the test-firing in ...