Rio Grande Valley groups are accusing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in a lawsuit of bypassing state regulations by allowing SpaceX to temporarily discharge industrial water at its South Texas launch site without a proper permit.

Elon Musk’s attachment to President-elect Donald Trump has created an unprecedented alliance between America’s most powerful politician and its richest businessman.

SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbasesite a new Texas 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.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA.

Former congressman Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name as President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general in the face of sexual misconduct allegations.

Donald Trump has put Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in charge of finding ways to cut government spending and regulations.

SpaceX has launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching it with giant mechanical arms.

Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX have argued in a federal appeals court that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional.

President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate the incoming U.S. president.

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month won't say which one of them got sick.

Shares of Tesla soared Wednesday as investors bet that the electric vehicle maker and its CEO Elon Musk will benefit from Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

NASA says an astronaut has been released from the hospital after returning from space.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months.

A NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

SpaceX has pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket.

H-E-B’s Charles Butt and Eleanor Butt Crook, Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones, and Walmart’s Alice Walton were all listed among the Texas billionaires in Forbes 400 list.

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June are welcoming their new ride home.

SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station.

The card game company crowd-funded money to buy the land in an attempt to block a portion of Donald Trump’s border wall.

SpaceX faces $633,000 in fines for alleged safety violations during two Florida launches last year.

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of another apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

A billionaire spacewalker is back on Earth.

United Airlines says it will offer free WiFi service on flights using the satellite-based Starlink service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

A tech billionaire has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth.

Paying passengers have lined up to rocket to space to experience a few minutes of weightlessness.

A billionaire has rocketed back into orbit, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk.

Boeing’s first astronaut mission is finally over.

Former President Donald Trump says he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government.

Boeing will attempt to return its problem-plagued capsule from the International Space Station later this week — with empty seats.

NASA has cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is threatening to shut down the operations of X, formerly Twitter, in that country unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours.

SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing.

NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule.

NASA will decide this weekend whether Boeing's new capsule is safe enough to return two astronauts from the International Space Station, where they've been waiting since June.

NASA says it's still deciding whether to keep two astronauts at the International Space Station until early next year and send their troubled Boeing capsule back empty.

The United Auto Workers union has filed unfair labor practice charges against Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

NASA is on the verge of deciding how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after running into trouble with their new Boeing capsule.

NASA says chances are growing that two test pilots who flew a new Boeing capsule to the International Space Station in June may have to switch to SpaceX for a ride home.

NASA is delaying its next astronaut launch to buy more time at the International Space Station for Boeing's troubled new crew capsule.

A school co-founded by Elon Musk is now accepting applications for the 2024-25 school year.

Officials say two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing capsule.

SpaceX will use a powerful, souped-up capsule to shove the International Space Station out of orbit once time is up for the sprawling lab.

Billionaire Elon Musk says he’s moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to be confirming a report that the company’s much-ballyhooed event to unveil a robotaxi will be delayed beyond its scheduled Aug. 8 date.

A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company's internet satellites in the wrong orbit.

NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years.

The launch is scheduled to take place Tuesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Eight former employees sued SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk, alleging that Musk ordered them fired after they challenged what they called rampant sexual harassment, a hostile “Animal House”-style work environment at the company and Musk's role in creating that atmosphere.

SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket has completed its first full test flight, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas.

Boeing has finally launched NASA astronauts to the International Space Station after years of stumbles and delays.

Boeing has launched astronauts for the first time after years of delays.

Mission managers say last-minute computer trouble has nixed the latest launch attempt for Boeing’s first astronaut flight.

Elon Musk has traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation.

A U.S. government agency said a weaker repeat of Saturday's powerful solar storm is likely on Sunday.

Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA after years of delays and stumbles.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is negotiating a land trade involving part of Boca Chica State Park.

Videos are circulating social media showing a strange light in the sky and people are curious about what they’re seeing.

SpaceX's mega rocket has flown higher and farther than ever before.

SpaceX is set to acquire public land from Texas after the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved a land-swapping deal that would cede 43 acres to entrepreneur Elon Musk's company in exchange for 477 acres that are yet to be bought.

Monday’s vote lets Texas Parks and Wildlife staff begin negotiations to swap 43 acres in the park for 477 acres next to a federal wildlife refuge.

Turkey’s first astronaut has returned home to a hero’s welcome as a symbol of the country’s advances in technology and aerospace.

Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden are back on Earth, ending a private three-week trip to the International Space Station.

A group of federal appeals court judges in New Orleans is mulling whether a 2018 social media post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened Tesla employees with the loss of stock options if they decided to be represented by a union.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to vote in March on a deal that environmental advocates, the Esto'k Gna Tribal Nation of Texas and local officials oppose.

Elon Musk has visited the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

The world might see its first trillionaire sooner than you think.

There is a local company with NASA funding working to help us take the next steps on the Moon – and maybe one day – Mars.

South Korea has launched its first military spy satellite, a little over a week after rival North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time.

Texas grocery giant H-E-B was listed among the biggest companies in the U.S. by Forbes.

SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship but lost both the booster and the spacecraft in a pair of explosions minutes into a second test flight.

SpaceX is aiming for another test flight of its mega rocket on Friday after getting the final OK from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Elon Musk’s social media platform X is charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand.

Amazon has launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service.

What do H-E-B’s Charles Butt, Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones, Tesla’s Elon Musk and Houston Rockets’ Tilman Fertitta have in common? The billionaires are among the richest people in the U.S., according to Forbes.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions for the Pentagon.

SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour streaked across the Florida sky before splashing down off the coast of Jacksonville early Monday, bringing four astronauts safely back to Earth after a six-month mission at the International Space Station.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a six-month stay at the International Space Station.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and people granted asylum.

Virgin Galactic has rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists.

Already running years behind, Boeing's first astronaut flight is now off until at least next March.

Twitter wants a federal court to end an order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission that limits its data security practices.

A private crew is back on Earth after a nine-day trip to the International Space Station.

The International Space Station rolled out the welcome mat Monday for two Saudi visitors, including the kingdom’s first female astronaut.

Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades are headed to the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX.

In a story published May 1, 2023, about a lawsuit filed after a SpaceX megarocket launch from South Texas, The Associated Press gave the wrong metric conversion for how far debris spread.

The Space X launch on the southern tip of Texas last week caused large concrete chunks and stainless steel sheets to shoot thousands of feet away and started a fire in the Boca Chica State Park, according to a federal agency investigating the test flight.

SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.

Northern light enthusiasts got a surprise mixed in with the green bands of light dancing in the Alaska skies: A light baby blue spiral resembling a galaxy appeared amid the aurora for a few minutes.

SpaceX has called off the first launch attempt of its giant rocket.

SpaceX on Monday will try and launch its Starship rocket, a 400-foot-tall rocket that it has spent years developing and is expected to return humans to the lunar surface and one day potentially land the first humans on Mars.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth Starship.

SpaceX has cleared the final hurdle for launching its new giant Starship from Texas as early as next week on a first test flight.

SpaceX has cleared the final hurdle for launching its new giant Starship from Texas as early as next week on a first test flight.

Boeing's first launch of astronauts has been delayed again, this time until July.

A new crew from the United States, Russia and United Arab Emirates has arrived at the International Space Station.

SpaceX is a big step closer to sending its giant Starship spacecraft into orbit, completing an engine-firing test at the launch pad.

Ukrainians have reacted with puzzlement and some ire to comments by a top Starlink official that their country has “weaponized” the satellite internet service.