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Baustelle des Spaceport America in der Nähe von Las Cruces, New Mexico (Frühjahr 2010)

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MOJAVE, CA

Serial Number 001

"Eve"

Engines P&W CANADA PW308A

Thrust: 6904lbs (Turbo-fan)

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Knight_Two

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMS_Eve

 

www.virgingalactic.com/

Pictured (left to right): local aviator Ron Alldredge, Congressman Kevin McCarthy.

Plane Crazy

 

Rare opportunity to see Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two and WhiteKnight Two at the Mojave Air and Spaceport for Plane Crazy.

displaying at Edwards AFB 17/10/09

Baustelle des Spaceport America in der Nähe von Las Cruces, New Mexico (Frühjahr 2010)

Per Wimmer of Wimmer Space, an early Virgin Galactic client. Here Chuck Lauer of RocketplaneKistler is encouraging him to double-book, as Reda Anderson, RpK's *first* client, looks on.

Enjoy. Figure you guys would like this. Full original size available as well.

 

For more info on SpaceShipTwo, its carrier vehicle White Knight Two and how to get a ride: To learn more about this commercial space venture... go to www.virgingalactic.com/

Bigelow BA2100 module with TWICE the volume of the entire ISS- john d

Plane Crazy

 

Rare opportunity to see Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two and WhiteKnight Two at the Mojave Air and Spaceport for Plane Crazy.

Pictured (left to right): Congressman McCarthy, Senator-elect Jean Fuller, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.

Probably the strangest looking jet I've ever seen!

Edwards AFB 17/10/2009.

Alex Tai of Virgin Galactic with Kevin Leclaire of ISDR Consulting.

 

courtesy of Rick Smolan

Virign Galactic's White Knight 2 and SpaceShip 2

 

Plane Crazy

 

Rare opportunity to see Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two and WhiteKnight Two at the Mojave Air and Spaceport for Plane Crazy.

Rick Homans of the New Mexico Space Port, with Alex Tai of Virgin Galactic

Plane Crazy

 

Rare opportunity to see Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two and WhiteKnight Two at the Mojave Air and Spaceport for Plane Crazy.

Baustelle des Spaceport America in der Nähe von Las Cruces, New Mexico (Frühjahr 2010)

Eve, the first of two planned aircraft of the "White Knight Two" line, is the aircraft that is expected to lift Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo spacecraft up to high altitude for launch.

Baustelle des Spaceport America in der Nähe von Las Cruces, New Mexico (Frühjahr 2010)

Pictured (left to right): Mojave Air and Spaceport General Manager Stu Witt, Congressman Kevin McCarthy.

Virgin Galactic Space Trainees pose in front of the NASTAR Center's high performance human centrifuge, the Phoenix. Space Trainees fly several flight in the most high performance human centrifuge to gain experience with the high G forces that accompany Space Launch and Reentry.

www.nastarcenter.com

Baustelle des Spaceport America in der Nähe von Las Cruces, New Mexico (Frühjahr 2010)

Spaceport terminal looks ready to take off - john d

Baustelle des Spaceport America in der Nähe von Las Cruces, New Mexico (Frühjahr 2010)

Baustelle des Spaceport America in der Nähe von Las Cruces, New Mexico (Frühjahr 2010)

Future space tourists tour the terminal- john d

Alex Tai, Virgin Galactic, and Mike (I'm just an operator) Foale,

NASA. (Mike saved the Mir, and has a few other exploits to his name,

too. Plus, he's a whiz with kids.)

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