The area where Elon Musk's SpaceX company operates on the southern tip of Texas is to officially become a city called Starbase. Residents approved incorporating a patch of land as the new municipality in an election on Saturday.

Elon Musk's rocket launch site Starbase, home to his California-born company SpaceX, is on its way to becoming a Texas city after lopsided early voting results — with ballots probably cast mostly by his employees.

A near-unanimous vote to create the city of Starbase in Texas could make it easier for SpaceX to build more housing and infrastructure for workers.