VSS Voyager
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This article or section documents a scheduled or expected spaceflight. Details may change as the launch date approaches or more information becomes available.

VSS Voyager¹² is to be the second ship built and used as part of the Virgin Galactic Fleet. It is a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital manned spaceplane. Like its sister craft, VSS Enterprise, it shares its name with both a fictitious Star Trek starship (USS Voyager) and a real NASA spacecraft (Voyager).

The design's first mother ship (WhiteKnightTwo) is named VMS Eve, and the second is expected to be named VMS Spirit of Steve Fossett, in honour of Steve Fossett.³⁴

External links

• VSSVoyager.com unofficial website of the spaceplane

See also

• Space tourism
• SpaceShipTwo Class Ships
• Scaled Composites Voyager

Citations

1. ^ Wilson, Simon (2005-01-21). "Will space tourism ever take off?". MoneyWeek. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
2. ^ "One small step for space tourism... Private spaceflight". The Economist (18 December 2004). Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
3. ^ Branson, Richard (2007-10-10). "My Friend, Steve Fossett". Time. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
4. ^ Burack, Ari (10 October 2007). "Sir Richard Branson...". San Francisco Sentinel. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.

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