Starbase

(Newser) - A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded Wednesday night, sending a dramatic fireball high into the sky, the AP reports. The company said the Starship "experienced a major anomaly" at about 11pm while on the test stand preparing for the tenth flight test at Starbase, SpaceX's launch...

(Newser) - The registered voters of the South Texas home of Elon Musk's SpaceX voted 212-6 to formally organize as a city—named Starbase. As the AP reports, the vote was "lopsided" due to the fact that most of the resident voters are SpaceX employees. "Starbase, Texas," Musk...

(Newser) - Tuesday may not have been a stellar day for Elon Musk , but there was one exception. As the New York Times reports, voting kicked off yesterday at a building that sits on a stretch of land at Texas's southern tip. Among the questions being weighed: Should Starbase, Texas, become...

(Newser) - SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbase site a new Texas city. Billionaire Elon Musk's company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase—the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets—into...