Photo: Virgin Galactic Unveils WhiteKnightTwo Space Plane

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Virgin Galactic's Sir Richard Branson and Scaled Composites' Steve Rutan walk past EVE, the newly christened WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft.

The commercial plane—unveiled on July 28, 2008, in California—will carry a six-passenger SpaceShipTwo craft up to 50,000 feet (15,240 meters) before releasing it to continue the journey into space under its own power.

Photograph courtesy Virgin Galactic

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