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VMS Eve
VMS ''Eve'' (Tail number: N348MS〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FAA N Number Registration for "Eve" )〕) is a carrier mothership for Virgin Galactic and launch platform for Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo-based Virgin SpaceShips.
VMS ''Eve'' is the first, and so far only, White Knight Two, built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. The "VMS" prefix stands for "Virgin Mothership".〔CNet News, (Virgin Galactic's faces of Eve ), July 28, 2008 1:08 PM PDT, Candace Lombardi〕
==Public launch==
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 the Virgin Galactic corporate flag.〔ABC News, (Virgin Galactic Announces New Space Aircraft ), July 28, 2008, Lauren Sher〕 The image is based on how Evette Branson looked when she was younger and is called ''Galactic Girl''.〔''Chicago Tribune'', (Branson reveals mother ship ), July 29, 2008〕 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,〔AVweb, (WhiteKnight2 Completes Taxi Test ), December 16, 2008〕 and a week later the maiden flight.〔The Space Fellowship, (Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Mothership Makes Maiden Flight ), December 21, 2008〕 ''Eve'' will be used in the Virgin Galactic testflight program, preceding entry into commercial usage.〔''The Register'', (Branson unveils Virgin Galactic mothership ), Tuesday 29th July 2008 10:32 GMT, Scott Snowden〕
It is the largest all composite aircraft ever constructed and has the longest single-piece composite aircraft part: a long wingspan.〔''eFluxMedia'', (WhiteKnightTwo Offers Space As The Ultimate Tourist Destination ), 12:08, July 29, 2008, Dee Chisamera〕 Burt Rutan has dismissed fears that pressurization cycles might induce fatigue failure in the composite structure.〔Rob Coppinger (29 July 2008)("Rutan: Fatigue 'is not an issue' for WhiteKnightTwo" ), ''Flightglobal''〕 Richard Branson has also announced that it will be highly fuel efficient.〔''National Geographic'', (Virgin Galactic Unveils WhiteKnightTwo Space Plane ), July 28, 2008, Ker Than〕
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