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Space for SpaceX: Company signs leases on Brownsville properties

SpaceX's Starship development program has been active at Boca Chica for a couple of years now, and a lot of the company's roughly 1,500...

TSTC grad’s dream job lands him at SpaceX

Texas State Technical College alumnus Gaddison GiuocoSchlaefer is a part of history, working as a drafter at SpaceX in Boca Chica. “It’s awesome,” he said....

SPI-to-Boca Chica tunnel? Musk’s Boring Company floats idea

With closures of S.H. 4 and Boca Chica Beach becoming more frequent due to activity at SpaceX’s “Starbase” production complex and launch/test site, Cameron...

Space city: Musk’s employees converge on Brownsville

Brownsville has become increasingly thick with SpaceX employees in recent days as the company races toward the biggest launch event so far at its...

FAA warns SpaceX: Agency says it may not approve launch tower

A 480-foot-tall Starship launch tower SpaceX is building at Boca Chica Beach might have to go, depending on the results of an ongoing Federal...

Splashy plans: SpaceX foresees water launches/landings

BROWNSVILLE — SpaceX’s first orbital flight of a Starship prototype will launch from the company’s production/test site at Boca Chica and wind up in...

Nonprofit seeks end to Boca Chica Beach closures

A nonprofit Texas organization says SpaceX has exceeded the number of times it can make requests to Cameron County to close Highway 4 and...

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the...

SpaceX preps for new launch; Starship SN9 fires engines Wednesday

A successful static-fire engine test shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday clears the way for a high-altitude launch from Boca Chica Beach of SpaceX’s Starship...