Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has taken a formal step toward transforming its South Texas Starship launch site, known as Starbase, into an incorporated city. In a letter sent Thursday to officials, the company requested an election to approve the ...

Elon Musk wants to make his SpaceX headquarters into a Texas city, the billionaire said in a request to local officials Thursday. And it's not just Musk making the case — the petition came from residents of the South Texas area around Starbase.

It’s only been a few months since Elon Musk got his dream company town, and Starbase is proving to be well worth it for the rocket billionaire. The Starbase City Commission nominated two SpaceX projects for the Texas Enterprise Zone tax-break program ...