The city has been using its new authority to close Boca Chica Beach as Elon Musk’s rocket company tests a new booster and launch tower.

SpaceX fired 10 Raptor engines simultaneously on a Starship Version 3 booster at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, completing the first static fire test for the upgraded vehicle ahead of planned flight ...

SpaceX is preparing for its next Starship launch from Boca Chica, Texas, as federal regulators publish updated environmental and airspace-related documents that support a higher potential launch ...

Nov. 8—SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said in late September that the first orbital Starship launch from the company's Boca Chica site probably would take place this month, though a senior NASA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 2—"Gateway to Mars," the unofficial moniker for SpaceX's Boca Chica/Starbase complex, sometimes extended to Brownsville ...

Elon Musk’s fledgling space city now controls a stretch of South Texas coastline under a new state law and agreement with Cameron County — another sign of the tech billionaire’s growing influence in ...

Texas officials argued Thursday that it is legally permissible for SpaceX to restrict access to a public beach during rocket launches, a policy that critics believe violates the state’s constitution.