SpaceX is looking to dramatically increase the number of Starship launches from its Starbase facility in Texas, with a new proposal that would allow the company to launch its massive rocket more than 450 times […]
SpaceX has issued a strong rebuttal, categorically denying claims and defending its environmental practices, following a report the company has been contaminating local waters with pollutants, including mercury at its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, […]
SpaceX’s multibillion-dollar investment in Starbase in South Texas has received praise from a county judge. The company creates jobs, develops local communities and schools, and has brought in tourism. Cameron County shared the latest Starbase […]
Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit alleging that the closure of a public beach for SpaceX launches violates the Texas Constitution. The lawsuit filed by SaveRGC, the Sierra Club and Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe was heard by […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) completed a long-awaited environmental review of SpaceX’s Starship rocket program in Boca Chica, Texas on Monday. The FAA determined that SpaceX’s plans for the facility “would not result in significant […]
SpaceX has started work to expand the solar farm and battery energy storage system at their Boca Chica launch facility in Texas. The solar farm will be increasing in size by 1.7 acres to a […]
The US Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn a SpaceX application to expand Starship facilities in Boca Chica, Texas. According to CNBC, the withdrawal was due to SpaceX failing to provide the agency’s environmental information. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs to delay its environmental review of SpaceX Starship orbital launches from Boca Chica, Texas. The administration informed SpaceX on December 28 that they would be unable to meet the […]
Elon Musk announced a $30 million donation on Twitter to the areas around the Boca Chica SpaceX launch site. $20 million will go to Cameron County schools, and $10 million will go to Brownsville. Brownsville […]
During a January 22, 2021 hearing in front of the Texas Railroad Commission, SpaceX revealed the plan to drill for methane near the Boca Chica site. The plan would have SpaceX to extract methane from […]
