/tags/spacex SpaceX en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 30 May 2025 22:14:33 GMT /housing/2025-05-30/texas-elon-musk-spacex-starbase-city-zoning-land Starbase is figuring out how to become a city. In doing so, city leaders are proposing new land-use rules. Fri, 30 May 2025 22:14:33 GMT /housing/2025-05-30/texas-elon-musk-spacex-starbase-city-zoning-land Lauren McGaughy /politics/2025-05-20/elon-musk-texas-spacex-starbase-city-official-election-certification Local officials certified the election results creating the new City of Starbase after opposition from local activist groups. Tue, 20 May 2025 17:42:31 GMT /politics/2025-05-20/elon-musk-texas-spacex-starbase-city-official-election-certification Lauren McGaughy /energy-environment/2025-05-06/spacex-starbase-starship-launch-texas-faa-environment-approval The federal agency determined that more frequent launches at SpaceX’s rocket site, Starbase, would have no significant impact on the local environment if the company takes the proper mitigation steps. The FAA has not issued a final decision. Tue, 06 May 2025 20:33:41 GMT /energy-environment/2025-05-06/spacex-starbase-starship-launch-texas-faa-environment-approval Lauren McGaughy /politics/2025-05-03/elon-musk-texas-spacex-city-starbase-vote-election-results A small group of mostly SpaceX employees voted to incorporate the area around the SpaceX rocket testing and launch site near Brownsville as the City of Starbase. Sun, 04 May 2025 00:31:29 GMT /politics/2025-05-03/elon-musk-texas-spacex-city-starbase-vote-election-results Lauren McGaughy, Berenice Garcia /politics/2025-05-01/elon-musk-spacex-starbase-city-texas-election-vote-voters-employees The City of Starbase would encompass the SpaceX rocket testing and launch complex in South Texas. It could lay the groundwork for similar towns Musk plans to create here in the future. Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2025-05-01/elon-musk-spacex-starbase-city-texas-election-vote-voters-employees Lauren McGaughy /politics/2025-04-11/elon-musk-texas-starbase-spacex-launch-election-boca-chica-beach Elon Musk is asking the state to give him the power to close Boca Chica Beach on SpaceX’s schedule just as rocket launches there may spike. Local leaders and environmentalists stand in opposition. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2025-04-11/elon-musk-texas-starbase-spacex-launch-election-boca-chica-beach Lauren McGaughy /business/2025-03-13/texas-grant-spacex-starlink-elon-musk-semiconductor-austin-bastrop Starlink, a division of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX that provides satellite internet service across the world, received the second largest grant in a new state fund meant to support the semiconductor business in Texas. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:09:51 GMT /business/2025-03-13/texas-grant-spacex-starlink-elon-musk-semiconductor-austin-bastrop Lauren McGaughy /energy-environment/2025-02-18/spacex-musk-dumping-lawsuit-dropped-dismissed-texas Save RGV had alleged the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk illegally polluted the water near its rocket launch site in Texas. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:59:34 GMT /energy-environment/2025-02-18/spacex-musk-dumping-lawsuit-dropped-dismissed-texas Lauren McGaughy /texas/2024-12-13/spacex-wants-to-turn-its-texas-launch-site-into-a-city Citing all the work the company has put into the region, employees are requesting a special election in Cameron County to incorporate a city. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:28:22 GMT /texas/2024-12-13/spacex-wants-to-turn-its-texas-launch-site-into-a-city Berenice Garcia /energy-environment/2024-09-23/cards-against-humanity-sues-elon-musks-spacex-for-using-its-land-along-the-border Cards Against Humanity purchased the Cameron County land in 2017 in order to send a political message against then-President Donald Trump's border wall. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:39:21 GMT /energy-environment/2024-09-23/cards-against-humanity-sues-elon-musks-spacex-for-using-its-land-along-the-border Jerry Clayton