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'A different breed': SpaceX's sprawling Starbase still rising from South Texas sand flats

SpaceX's remote coastal launch site about 2.2 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border has hosted nine Starship test flights ...

Starship’s 10th flight won’t include that magical maneuver

A key maneuver will be missing from the Starship's 10th test flight. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

Why SpaceX could land Texas tax breaks for this major project

Starbase city officials say SpaceX's Gigabay will create 500 jobs as Elon Musk's company seeks tax break on $506M factory.
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Latest at Starbase with LabPadre: August 21

Flight 10’s expected launch date is approaching, so let’s take a deeper dive into some of the changes SpaceX is making to ...
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Starbase Pad 2: Design Advancements from Pad 1

SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, continues to evolve as the company pushes the boundaries of rocket ...

SpaceX fan describes October 2024 Super Heavy booster catch at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas

Brownsville resident Jax Yuen, a director with the engineering-centric nonprofit MSX Boca Chica, talks about SpaceX's first Super Heavy booster catch.
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SpaceX has built the machine to build the machine. But what about the machine?

STARBASE, Texas—I first visited SpaceX's launch site in South Texas a decade ago. Driving down the pocked and barren two-lane road to its sandy terminus, I found only rolling dunes, a large mound ...
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Why did Starship explode? SpaceX releases investigation into last 2 fiery mishaps

SpaceX conducts Starship test flights from the company's Starbase headquarters in South Texas, located about 23 miles ...