Starbase was incorporated in May 2025 and is the base of a rocket program that aims to reach Mars. SpaceX employees run the city, which has itself sparked controversy among some locals. Elon Musk hasn ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE, Texas - STARBASE — Texas’ newest city had liftoff this week. Starbase city leaders were sworn in Thursday and appointed a city manager. On Friday, they met again to approve a loan ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE - Texas lawmakers agreed to give the new city of Starbase the authority to periodically close down a South Texas beach, giving more power to municipal officials with close ties to ...

SpaceX is hoping to officially make its Starbase launch site a new city in South Texas.

The Gateway to Mars is a multi-billion-dollar boon for this Texas region.

The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is on its way to becoming an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was being ...

Officials in Texas’ newest city are moving quickly to establish the regulations that will guide their town’s booming growth into the future, but longtime property owners are pushing back and asking ...

Louis Balderas’ YouTube channel depends on a small piece of land in South Texas where his cameras watch SpaceX build and launch its Starship rocket. He’s leased this property for years – bringing in a ...

STARBASE — Texas’ newest city had liftoff this week. Starbase city leaders were sworn in Thursday and appointed a city manager. On Friday, they met again to approve a loan request to help fund the ...

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