Starbase was incorporated in May 2025 and is the base of a rocket program that aims to reach Mars. SpaceX employees run the city, which has itself sparked controversy among some locals. Elon Musk hasn ...

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 ...

McALLEN, Texas — The South Texas home of Elon Musk‘s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was approved ...

The New York Times reported that operations at SpaceX's Starbase in Texas is damaging the environment, including a local migratory bird habitat.

McALLEN, Texas -- The south Texas home of Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket company is on its way to becoming an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as ...

Elon Musk’s effort to colonize Mars has officially started in South Texas with the incorporation of Musk’s first town. But don’t expect Starbase to become the Lone Star State’s next Texas-sized ...

The new city of Starbase is moving fast to cut off public access to most of the SpaceX company town in South Texas. Citing safety and security issues, city officials approved four gates to limit ...

Elon Musk hasn't only made his mark on the federal government — he's making himself known in local Texas bureaucracy, too. Residents in southern Texas voted to incorporate the area around a SpaceX ...