Last week, test flights of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo, the carrier plane that will take SpaceShipTwo from the ground to the altitude to fire its rockets, continued with the longest and fastest flight yet. VG is pleased with the progress being made in checking out the aircraft.
This specific WhiteKnightTwo has been christened "Eve," after the mother of Sir Richard Branson, founder and head of VG. Branson says he looks forward to flying in Eve even before test flights that carry SpaceShipTwo.
Once operational, Eve and her siblings are expected to fly up to four suborbital tourist flights a day.
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