Tag: SpaceX
2021: A Year in Photos for The Brownsville Herald
By DENISE CATHEY and MIGUEL ROBERTS | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS
While the year started off promising with the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, 2021 continued to ignore...
FAA pushes back release date of SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy Final assessment
The Federal Aviation Administration has pushed back the release date for the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) on the Federal Infrastructure...
FCC OKs permit for Starship flight communications
SpaceX’s first orbital test launch of a Starship prototype took another step toward reality this month with the Federal Communications Commission granting a temporary...
Making connections: South port entrance to open soon
The South Port Connector Project linking the Port of Brownsville to S.H. 4 is nearly finished and is expected to be handed over to...
‘Growth is coming’: SpaceX, low interest rates drive San Benito boom
SAN BENITO — Amid decades of sluggish growth here, SpaceX is helping spur a housing boom sparking subdivision developments across town.
Along with low interest...
Musk: Starship test not likely to be successful
By MARCIA DUNN | Associated Press
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said this week that his company will attempt to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit...
FAA Starship review to be complete Dec. 31
The Federal Aviation Administration has plenty to consider from the many public comments regarding SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy development program at Boca Chica.
On Nov. 15...
SpaceX orbital launch on hold; Starship waits for FAA decision
SpaceX founder and CEO tweeted last month that the company’s Starship-Super Heavy combination could be ready for its first orbital launch attempt from Boca...
Space capital comes to Brownsville; Firm will support start-ups at every stage
9Point8 Capital, the first company created specifically to finance and capitalize space-related commercial ventures is setting up shop in Brownsville.
The city of Brownsville and...
Odd Couple? Tesla and Texas becoming tightly entwined
By Bob Sechler and Kara Carlson, Austin American-Statesman
It seems like an unlikely marriage: Tesla, the world's biggest electric automaker, moving its headquarters to Texas...
