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Artist's concept of WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo together on ascent

VSS Voyager ^[1]^[2] 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 a fictitious Star Trek ship, though the VSS Voyager is not confirmed to be named after the USS Voyager from Star Trek: Voyager.

The design's first mother ship (WhiteKnightTwo) was to be named Spirit of Steve Fossett, in honour of Steve Fossett.^[3]^[4] However, the first launched WK2 has been named Eve, conforming to previous plans before the death of Steve Fossett.

External links

VSSVoyager.com unofficial website of the spaceplane

Citations

^ Wilson, Simon (2005-01-21). "Will space tourism ever take off?". MoneyWeek. Retrieved 2007-12-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "One small step for space tourism... Private spaceflight". The Economist. 18 December 2004. Retrieved 2007-12-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Branson, Richard (2007-10-10). "My Friend, Steve Fossett". Time. Retrieved 2007-12-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Burack, Ari (10 October 2007). "Sir Richard Branson..." San Francisco Sentinel. Retrieved 2008-02-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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[1] Wilson, Simon (2005-01-21). "Will space tourism ever take off?". MoneyWeek. Retrieved 2007-12-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] "One small step for space tourism... Private spaceflight". The Economist. 18 December 2004. Retrieved 2007-12-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] Branson, Richard (2007-10-10). "My Friend, Steve Fossett". Time. Retrieved 2007-12-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[4] Burack, Ari (10 October 2007). "Sir Richard Branson..." San Francisco Sentinel. Retrieved 2008-02-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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-'''VSS ''Voyager''''' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moneyweek.com/file/2333/space-tourism.html |title=Will space tourism ever take off? |accessdate=2007-12-20 |publisher=''[[MoneyWeek]]'' |first=Simon |last=Wilson |date=[[2005-01-21]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_PVDDNPS&CFID=652299&CFTOKEN=40feddda82a83b6-F677FAB6-B27C-BB00-0143FB2BB9733AFB |title=One small step for space tourism... Private spaceflight |accessdate=2007-12-20 |publisher=''[[The Economist]]'' |date=[[18 December]] [[2004]]}}</ref> 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 a fictitious [[Star Trek]] ship, though the VSS ''Voyager'' is not confirmed to be named after the [[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'']] from ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.
+'''VSS ''Voyager''''' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moneyweek.com/file/2333/space-tourism.html |title=Will space tourism ever take off? |accessdate=2007-12-20 |publisher=''[[MoneyWeek]]'' |first=Simon |last=Wilson |date=[[2005-01-21]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_PVDDNPS&CFID=652299&CFTOKEN=40feddda82a83b6-F677FAB6-B27C-BB00-0143FB2BB9733AFB |title=One small step for space tourism... Private spaceflight |accessdate=2007-12-20 |publisher=''[[The Economist]]'' |date=[[18 December]] [[2004]]}}</ref> 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|VSS ''Enterprise'']], it shares its name with a fictitious [[Star Trek]] ship, though the VSS ''Voyager'' is not confirmed to be named after the [[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'']] from ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.
-The design's first mother ship ([[Scaled Composites White Knight Two|WhiteKnightTwo]]) will be named ''[[Spirit of Steve Fossett]]'', in honour of [[Steve Fossett]].<ref>{{cite web
+The design's first mother ship ([[Scaled Composites White Knight Two|WhiteKnightTwo]]) was to be named ''[[Spirit of Steve Fossett]]'', in honour of [[Steve Fossett]].<ref>{{cite web
-|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1670216,00.html  |title=My Friend, Steve Fossett |accessdate= 2007-12-20 |publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' |first=Richard |last=Branson |date=[[2007-10-10]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ari |last=Burack |url=http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=5903 |title=Sir Richard Branson... |accessdate=2008-02-28 |publisher=''San Francisco Sentinel'' |date=[[10 October]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
+|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1670216,00.html  |title=My Friend, Steve Fossett |accessdate= 2007-12-20 |publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' |first=Richard |last=Branson |date=[[2007-10-10]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ari |last=Burack |url=http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=5903 |title=Sir Richard Branson... |accessdate=2008-02-28 |publisher=''San Francisco Sentinel'' |date=[[10 October]] [[2007]]}}</ref> However, the first launched WK2 has been named [[VMS Eve|''Eve'']], conforming to previous plans before the death of Steve Fossett.
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 ==See also==
 * [[Space tourism]]
-* [[VSS Enterprise]]
 * [[Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo#Spacecraft|SpaceShipTwo Class Ships]]
 * [[Scaled Composites Voyager]]

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