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vms eve wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 public launch 2 flight test program 3 references 4 external links 5 see also toggle the table of contents vms eve 2 languages فارسی українська edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia virgin galactic mother ship this article is about virgin mothership for computer text editor see eve text editor vms eve vms eve s maiden flight general information type whiteknighttwo national origin united states manufacturer scaled composites designer robert morgan james tighe 1 2 primary user virgin galactic number built 1 construction number 001 registration n348ms history first flight 21 december 2008 developed from white knight one virgin mothership vms eve 3 tail number n348ms 4 is a carrier mothership for virgin galactic and launch platform for spaceshiptwo class virgin spaceships whiteknighttwo at its rollout and christening ceremony july 28 2008 vms eve was built by scaled composites for virgin galactic public launch edit vms eve s nose art the aircraft was named after evette branson the mother of richard branson chairman of the virgin group the jet plane has nose art of a blonde woman holding a banner with the virgin galactic logo 5 the image is based on how evette branson looked when she was younger and is called galactic girl 6 the aircraft was officially launched on july 28 2008 in mojave california the united states at the mojave spaceport home of scaled composites on december 12 2008 the aircraft performed first taxi tests 7 and a week later the maiden flight 8 eve was used in the virgin galactic testflight program before entry into commercial usage 9 burt rutan has dismissed fears that pressurization cycles might induce fatigue failure in the composite structure 10 richard branson has also announced that it will be highly fuel efficient 11 flight test program edit the initial flight occurred on 21 december 2008 after an initial low speed taxi test was carried out at mojave 12 followed by a high speed taxi on 16 december 13 by september 2009 the flight envelope was extended to 50000 feet 14 as of 19 september 2014 the total flight time for whiteknighttwo was 333 96 hours as of september 22 2025 there have been 3 test flights after 2014 one in october 2021 where it flew from spaceport america to mojave for extensive testing 15 and two in february 2023 the first being on february 15th when it conducted a flight from the mojave air and space port which lasted over 2 and 1 2 hours and reached an altitude of 41 500 ft 12 650 meters 16 references edit citations us patent d612791 morgan robert tighe james u s design patent 612 719 for the ornamental design for an aircraft issued 2010 03 30 wk2 rollout audio clips parts 4 6 movaje skies 2008 07 30 retrieved 2009 03 10 cnet news virgin galactic s faces of eve july 28 2008 1 08 pm pdt candace lombardi faa n number registration for eve archived from the original on 2012 03 28 retrieved 2008 07 28 sher lauren july 28 2008 virgin galactic announces new space aircraft abc news archived from the original on 2017 08 19 retrieved 2019 06 18 chicago tribune branson reveals mother ship link removed july 29 2008 avweb whiteknight2 completes taxi test archived 2009 03 07 at the wayback machine december 16 2008 the space fellowship virgin galactic s spaceshiptwo mothership makes maiden flight december 21 2008 the register branson unveils virgin galactic mothership tuesday 29th july 2008 10 32 utc scott snowden rob coppinger 29 july 2008 rutan fatigue is not an issue for whiteknighttwo flightglobal national geographic virgin galactic unveils whiteknighttwo space plane july 28 2008 ker than coppinger rob 13 dec 2008 world exclusive video spaceshiptwo mothership runway trial london retrieved 2008 12 16 source flight international coppinger rob 17 dec 2008 exclusive video whiteknighttwo makes high speed taxi deploys spoilers london retrieved 2008 12 23 source flight international coppinger rob 30 april 2009 scaled plans 50 000ft whiteknight two flight by september london flightglobal archived from the original on 4 may 2009 source flight international mike wall 2023 02 28 virgin galactic s carrier plane flies back to new mexico spaceport space retrieved 2025 09 22 mike wall 2023 02 16 virgin galactic carrier plane flies for 1st time since 2021 space retrieved 2025 09 22 bibliography bbc news branson unveils space tourism jet 20 42 utc monday 28 july 2008 uk los angeles times richard branson unveils his space plane july 29 2008 peter pae wired virgin galactic unveils white knight two launch vehicle 07 29 08 dave bullock new york times new steps in private space travel july 29 2008 john schwartz reuters branson unveils plane to launch spaceship mon jul 28 2008 fred prouser associated press alicia chang july 25 2008 new space race heats up with unveiling of aircraft associated press retrieved april 2 2023 scientific american forget the dark knight the white knight two mothership has arrived jul 28 2008 adam hadhazy new scientist virgin galactic rolls out spaceshiptwo s mothership 28 july 2008 rachel courtland telegraph sir richard branson unveils virgin s spaceship 29 jul 2008 james quinn external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to n348ms aircraft virgin galactic news scaled composites virgin galactic rolls out mothership eve archived 2009 04 19 at the wayback machine jul 28 2008 press release scaled composites whiteknighttwo flight test summaries archived 2012 05 20 at the wayback machine see also edit blue origin lpv jacklyn blue origin vehicle named after the founder s mother v t e virgin galactic parent company virgin group staff richard branson chairman michael colglazier ceo jon campagna cfo george t whitesides cso mike moses president julia hunter vp david mackay chief pilot michael masucci test pilot mark p stucky test pilot frederick w sturckow test pilot beth moses trainer vehicle classes spaceshiptwo rocketmotortwo white knight two launcherone newtonone newtontwo newtonthree newtonfour boeing 747 spaceship iii vehicles ss2 vss enterprise vss unity wk2 vms eve vms spirit of steve fossett b747 cosmic girl ss3 vss imagine vss inspire spaceports spaceport america spaceport sweden accidents and incidents 2007 explosion 2014 vss enterprise crash spaceflight vss unity vp 03 vf 01 unity 21 unity 22 unity 25 galactic 01 galactic 02 galactic 03 galactic 04 galactic 05 galactic 06 galactic 07 related companies virgin group galactic ventures the spaceship company virgin orbit vox space scaled composites northrop grumman mojave aerospace ventures vulcan aerospace related topics billionaire space race sub orbital spaceflight kármán line space tourism commercial astronaut composite aircraft air launch parasite aircraft air launch to orbit orbital launch vehicle smallsats mothership aircraft category v t e rutan aircraft factory and scaled composites aircraft and spacecraft aircraft main designs variviggen varieze quickie defiant long ez voyager pond racer boomerang proteus model 367 bipod model 401 aircraft as subcontractor adam a500 bell eagle eye toyota taa 1 virgin atlantic globalflyer williams v jet ii x 38 x 47a pegasus technology demonstrators ares attt bipod catbird grizzly triumph model 395 uncrewed model 396 uncrewed vantage rocketcraft as subcontractor mcdonnell douglas dc x rotary rocket spaceflight program programs ships spaceshipone white knight one spaceshiptwo vss enterprise vss unity white knight two vms eve vms spirit of steve fossett rocketmotortwo spaceshipthree stratolaunch roc ansari x prize flights tier one 11p 13p 14p 15p 16p 17p the spaceship company mojave aerospace ventures model numbers 1 27 28 31 32 33 35 40 49 54 58 59 61 68 70 72 73 74 76 77 78 79 81 89 91 97 115 120 126 133 143 144 151 158 163 164 165 169 170 173 175 179 181 191 202 205 206 226 231 233 241 247 254 257 260 271 276 281 287 300 301 302 309 311 313 316 318 326 333 339 340 341 342 343 344 346 348 351 355 367 372 375 395 396 400 401 406 notable people burt rutan founder doug shane former president michael alsbury test pilot mike melvill vice president general manager test pilot brian binnie manager test pilot peter siebold director of flight operations test pilot paul allen spaceshipone sole investor v t e the spaceship company virgin galactic related companies virgin galactic virgin group scaled composites northrop grumman mojave aerospace ventures vulcan aerospace notable people richard branson co founder burt rutan co founder doug shane former president peter siebold test pilot michael alsbury test pilot brian binnie test pilot mike melvill test pilot background ansari x prize scaled composites tier one spaceshipone white knight one programs ships spaceshiptwo vss enterprise 2014 crash vss unity white knight two vms eve vms spirit of steve fossett rocketmotortwo spaceshipthree related topics mojave spaceport kármán line space tourism companies sub orbital spaceflight spaceplane retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title vms_eve oldid 1368814940 categories individual aircraft virgin galactic scaled composites white knight two scaled composites space tourism 2000s united states airliners twin fuselage aircraft air launch carrier aircraft hidden categories articles with short description 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