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| VMS Eve | |
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| VMS Eve's maiden flight | |
| Role | Spaceship carrier / launcher |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Scaled Composites |
| Designer | Robert Morgan, James Tighe[1][2] |
| First flight | 21 December 2008 |
| Primary user | Virgin Galactic |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | White Knight One |
| Type | WhiteKnightTwo |
| Construction number | 001 |
| Registration | N348MS |
VMS Eve (Tail number: N348MS[3]) is a carrier mothership for Virgin Galactic and launch platform for SpaceShipTwo-based Virgin SpaceShips.
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VMS Eve was built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. The "VMS" prefix stands for "Virgin MotherShip".[4]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "FAA N Number Registration for "Eve"". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
- ^ CNet News, Virgin Galactic's faces of Eve, July 28, 2008 1:08 PM PDT, Candace Lombardi
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