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ScienceMar 14, 2026

From Steel Rolls to Starship at the Starfactory

From Steel Rolls to Starship at the Starfactory
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As SpaceX accelerates its ambitious goal of sending humans to the Moon and Mars, the company's Starship production complex at Starbase, Texas, has undergone a dramatic transformation, highlighted by the construction of Starfactory and the GigaBay.

In early 2022, SpaceX broke ground on a massive new facility known as the Starfactory at its Starbase site in South Texas.

This permanent, high-volume manufacturing building replaced the temporary tents once used for assembling Starship barrel sections, representing a pivotal upgrade that enabled far greater production efficiency and scale.

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