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, ...

Since 2019, the skies off the coasts of South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach in the Rio Grande Valley have become a tourist-drawing spectacle as SpaceX journeys toward sending a Super ...

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 ...

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 ...

SpaceX is gearing up for its ninth Starship test flight, scheduled for late Tuesday. Of the eight previous launches, four were deemed successful, while the others ended in failure. The upcoming flight ...

Cameron County commissioners on Tuesday approved an agreement that will turn over control over some parts of Boca Chica Beach to Starbase, the new city near SpaceX's launch site. (Brenda Bazán For The ...

In the driving wind off the Gulf of Mexico, under the looming 480-foot-tall steel launch towers called “Mechazilla,” a group of local kids take turns whacking an Elon Musk-shaped piñata. A crowd ...

SpaceX's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, a remote and active launch site, is preparing for its 10th Starship test flight. Starbase's proximity to the public and unique operational style contrast with ...