At the Airventure 2009 air show, Sir Richard Branson, flew Virgin Gallactic’s mother ship, WhiteKnightTwo aka VMS Eve, for the first time. The plane is designed to launch a spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, into space – 50,000 miles above the Earth. For more, read Larry Dignan’s blog.\n\n\n
Credit: credit Mark Greenburg, Virgin Gallactic
VMS Eve over Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin\n\n
Credit: credit Mark Greenburg, Virgin Gallactic
Sir Richard Branson looks on as Mohamed Al-Husseiny of Aabar signs a $280 investment deal with Virgin Gallactic.\n\n
Credit: credit Mark Greenburg, Virgin Gallactic
A model of Spaceport America, home to Virgin Gallactic’s space operations.
Map location of Spaceport America. It’s located in New Mexico near the White Sands Missile Range – about 45 miles north of Las Cruces.
Spaceport America
Spaceport America
Diagram of Spaceport America
