Maxar Technologies’ WorldView-3 satellite captured this image of the Starship 10 rocket on the test stand in Boca Chica, Texas, hours before a March 3, 2021 test flight. Credit: Maxar Technologies

At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, city officials in Brownsville, Texas, anticipated double-digit declines in sales and property tax revenues. To their surprise, residential property values, sales tax collections and hotel tax revenues have continued to climb.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...