Cameron County commissioners on Tuesday approved an agreement that will turn over control over some parts of Boca Chica Beach to Starbase, the new city near SpaceX's launch site. (Brenda Bazán For The ...

Two Texas lawmakers want to give SpaceX’s future city of Starbase power to control access to nearby Boca Chica Beach on weekdays. The move would give the private company led by Elon Musk more control ...

Mar. 18—Two Rio Grande Valley lawmakers have filed legislation in the 89th Legislature that would effectively give Starbase — if it becomes a municipality — authority over road and beach closures ...

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 ...

Since 2019, the skies off the coasts of South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach in the Rio Grande Valley have become a tourist-drawing spectacle as SpaceX journeys toward sending a Super ...