SpaceX uses static-fire tests of its Super Heavy booster at its Starship launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, as a key pre-flight milestone ahead of Starship test flights, including the campaign leading ...

A bill to give SpaceX more control over the public beach near its South Texas launch pad is one step closer to becoming law. Senate Bill 2188 would allow officials at a future Starbase city to decide ...

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 ...

A massive explosion happened last Wednesday night over at SpaceX's Boca Chica testing facility in Starbase involving their now-destroyed Ship 36 upper stage for the Starship program. This specific ...

Update: May 27, 8:25 p.m. ET: Announcers on the SpaceX broadcast said Starship will break up above and crash into the planned landing zone in the Indian Ocean. They added that the Super Heavy booster ...

UPDATE for 8:55 p.m. EDT: SpaceX successfully launches Starship Flight 10 - SpaceX's Starship Flight 10 test flight lifted off on time at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) and performed a fairly smooth ...

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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 ...