# Watch: SpaceX to expand Texas launch facility for future Mars missions

By Sciences · Published 2018-03-07 · Updated 2026-04-03 · Sciences on MarketScale
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> SpaceX is reportedly planning to expand a South Texas facility that will help to refurbish used rockets for key Mars missions. After a failed launch and explosion in Florida, the Texas facility was delayed. With projects back on track, SpaceX is angling to construct a “super facility” in Boca Chica, Texas on a much larger…

## Key points

- SpaceX is reportedly planning to expand a South Texas facility that will help to refurbish used rockets for key Mars missions.
- After a failed launch and explosion in Florida, the Texas facility was delayed.
- With projects back on track, SpaceX is angling to construct a “super facility” in Boca Chica, Texas on a much larger…

SpaceX is reportedly planning to expand a South Texas facility that will help to refurbish used rockets for key Mars missions. After a failed launch and explosion in Florida, the Texas facility was delayed. With projects back on track, SpaceX is angling to construct a “*super facility*” in Boca Chica, Texas on a much larger scale than initially planned. SpaceX and local representatives say the facility will boost job growth and help send humans to Mars, SpaceX’s chief long-term goal.

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