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 ...

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

SpaceX's Starbase launch facility and surrounding area in Texas have been officially incorporated as a new city, following an overwhelming vote in favor by residents, most of whom are SpaceX employees ...

The area surrounding Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch site in southern Texas has officially become a city after a vote by residents in the area on May 3. The city, called Starbase, has been slated to ...

McALLEN, Texas — The South Texas home of Elon Musk‘s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was approved ...

Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of SpaceX, is pictured at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2022. Credit - Jordan Vonderhaar—Getty Images A vote in South ...

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 ...

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 ...

STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Past a “Private Property” sign, in a parking lot owned by SpaceX, sits a bulletin board. It’s where the city of Starbase posts agendas for City Commission meetings.

The votes are in and residents of a small swath of southern Texas are in favor of Starbase becoming a real city. The newly-designated city is home to SpaceX and many of its employees, and it’s where ...

Elon Musk hasn't only made his mark on the federal government — he's making himself known in local Texas bureaucracy, too. Residents in southern Texas voted to incorporate the area around a SpaceX ...