FAA orders SpaceX to investigate Starship V3 booster failure
Starship is grounded until SpaceX finds out why the first V3 booster failed during its first test flight.
OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX’s Starbase site
The death is the latest worker safety issue at the Starbase facility, which has a higher injury rate than all other SpaceX sites.
SpaceX’s Starbase city is getting its own court
Elon Musk’s company town already has a volunteer fire department, and is forming a Starbase Police Department. Now it wants its own court, too.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is getting a police department
The new department will have up to eight police officers and could be up and running in a few months.
SpaceX didn’t properly inspect crane before collapse at Starbase, OSHA says
The federal safety agency has hit SpaceX with a $115,850 fine after finding seven “serious” violations during its investigation.
At Starbase, SpaceX is taking firefighting into its own hands
SpaceX’s company town has formed a volunteer fire department, extending control over both the emergency response and permitting process as the company looks to expand Starbase.
Starbase hires Cameron County to police its streets and jail its offenders
Starbase is in the business of launching rockets, not policing, according to two new agreements.
SpaceX is building a water pipeline to Starbase — but access comes with some conditions
SpaceX has reportedly distributed an “unconditional and perpetual agreement” to non-SpaceX affiliated homes that would exchange access to Starbase’s water and sewer system for residents’ agreement to leave the area for “any and all launch,…
Residents of SpaceX’s Starbase launch site vote to incorporate as a city
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is getting its own official company town. Residents of an area around SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in southern Texas voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to incorporate as a city — also named Starbase.…