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SpaceX's massive Starship launch vehicle is set for a launch late Tuesday from Boca Chica in South Texas. Here's how to watch live.
Rocket launches are loud, and big rockets are louder. Launches used to be occasional spectacles, and not many people minded the noise.
Slipping in for a tentative sip of fresh water on South Padre Island, this tiny Tennessee warbler has just flown some 500 miles across the Gulf of Mexico…and its perilous journey is just beginning.
“So, Goodwill Industries of South Texas is so excited to partner with Padre Island Neighbors to help pick up those items that perhaps didn’t sell at the Mega Garage Sale tomorrow on Saturday ...
It’s going to be a chilly start to the morning as low temps drop into the low to mid-40s between 4 and 8:30 a.m. The wind will be breezy ... to Galveston or South Padre Island, check the ...
On Monday afternoon, the aerostat system broke free from its tether during a “severe wind event” on South Padre Island and contact was lost, US Customs and Border Protection said. The agency ...
The federal agency said that a Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) operated by CBP Air and Marine Operations broke free from its tether in South Padre Island, in an area where wind gusts of nearly ...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — U.S. Customs and Border Protection ... The white blimp had “a severe wind event resulting in the aerostat breaking free from its tether,” border patrol said Tuesday.
HUNT COUNTY, Texas — Strong winds swept through Texas over the last few days, causing damage and, in one case, sending a blimp hundreds of miles across the state. A tethered aerostat system ...
On South Padre Island, the Air and Marine Operations (AMO) said one of its aerostats broke free from its tether after experiencing “a severe wind event.” “Due to damage occurred from the ...