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 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 ship from Star Trek: Voyager.

The design's first mother ship (WhiteKnightTwo) will be named Spirit of Steve Fossett, in honour of Steve Fossett.^[3][4]

[edit] External links

• VSSVoyager.com unofficial website of the spaceplane

[edit] See also

• Space tourism
• VSS Enterprise
• SpaceShipTwo Class Ships
• Scaled Composites Voyager

[edit] 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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