A hearing on a bill that would temporarily close Boca Chica beach for possible rocket launches in the future will begin at 2 p.m. today before the Texas House Committee on Land and Resource Management in Austin. Read more
South Padre Island stands to become the next Cocoa Beach, community and business leaders say, as Space Exploration Technologies - a private, California-based company better known as SpaceX - eyes the Boca Chica Beach area for a possible home to a new spaceport. Read more
Environmentalists petition against Brownsville launch site
An Austin-based environmental group has launched an online petition drive to stop SpaceX from building a launch pad near Brownsville. Environment Texas says the rocket launch would endanger the wildlife in the Boca Chica beach area, which is the site SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies, is considering in Texas. Read more
Brownsville/rural Cameron County is one of three sites being considered by SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies, for the construction of a launch site. The other sites under consideration are in Florida and Puerto Rico. Read more
Texas officials quiet on space launch site project
Proponents of a Texas space base reportedly are getting little encouragement from state officials. Leaders of the Texas space industry hope to persuade Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, to develop a launch site in far South Texas. Read more
Wildlife officials yet to estimate impact of Valley launch site
As Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, prepares for its launch of a cargo ship at Cape Canaveral in Florida later this month, local wildlife experts here are evaluating the companys proposal to build a launch site in Brownsville. Read more