produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. BOCA CHICA — It wasn’t just a day at the beach. But it never is on this small strip of sand near the Texas-Mexico border, ...

BOCA CHICA, Texas — Mirages shimmered across the sand flats amid the 95-degree South Texas sun approaching SpaceX's sprawling Starbase, where a huge Starship rocket and two Super Heavy boosters loomed ...

Starship Flight 10 successfully launched from Boca Chica, Texas, reaching orbit before returning intact — the first test to demonstrate full mission capability across all flight stages.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners are considering a land swap with SpaceX that would give Elon Musk's space exploration company about 43 acres from Boca Chica State Park.

A California investment company that has already launched plans to build a $13.5 million Hyatt Studios hotel in Brownsville — just a stone’s throw from Elon Musk’s city of Starbase — will build a ...

Elon Musk’s fledgling space city now controls a stretch of South Texas coastline under a new state law and agreement with Cameron County — another sign of the tech billionaire’s growing influence in ...

While the concept has largely fallen out of favor in recent decades, company towns aren’t new. Although their heyday was ...

SpaceX is preparing for the tenth flight test of its Starship spacecraft from its Texas facility, with a launch window opening as early as Sunday evening. The test flight includes several new ...

Upcoming SpaceX, Blue Origin, NASA launch schedule at Cape Canaveral A Starship startled numerous Florida observers Monday, Oct. 13, by streaking across the sky minutes after launching from SpaceX's ...