If your midday commute was interrupted by a state trooper escorting an oversized truck through the streets of Maricopa, you could thank Elon Musk and his spaceship company.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says a truck carrying a SpaceX first-stage rocket ship temporarily backed up traffic while traveling south on John Wayne Parkway after entering the city this afternoon. he admitted.
“It’s the same thing you saw in February. This is SpaceX’s first stage empty rocket on its way from New Mexico to California,” ADOT spokesman Steve Elliott said.
The last time a SpaceX rocket passed through Maricopa was in late February, when an oversized truck miraculously negotiated the 90-degree bend from Honeycutt Road onto John Wayne Parkway.
Currently, SpaceX There is no launch It was planned from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the rocket’s final destination passing through Maricopa.
