VMS Eve

VMS Eve (Tail number: N348MS) is a carrier mothership for Virgin Galactic and launch platform for SpaceShipTwo-based Virgin SpaceShips.

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VMS Eve
VMS Eve's maiden flight
Role Spaceship carrier / launcher
National origin United States
Manufacturer Scaled Composites
Designer Robert Morgan, James Tighe
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 was built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. The "VMS" prefix stands for "Virgin MotherShip".

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