Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, named for its giant pink granite dome rising from the Llano Uplift, spans the border between Gillespie County and Llano County, south of the Llano River and some 24 km north of Fredericksburg, Texas.
SpaceX has been conducting its East Coast launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but they hope to return to their SLC-40 launch site in Cape Canaveral for the Falcon Heavy. SLC-40 is still undergoing repairs, after SpaceXâs last Falcon 9 explosion over a year ago. An alternative launch site, the Kennedy Space Centerâs 39A, is being modified to accommodate the Falcon Heavy.
January 10, 2015 - SpaceX Falcon 9, CRS 5. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the seventh Dragon spacecraft. The purpose of the mission was to take the fifth resupply cargo load to the International Space Station. Launch was from launch pad SLCâ40.