The jet plane has nose art of a blonde woman holding a banner with the Virgin Galactic logo.

[5] The image is based on how Evette Branson looked when she was younger and is called Galactic Girl.

On December 12, 2008, the aircraft performed first taxi tests,[7] and a week later the maiden flight.

[8] Eve was used in the Virgin Galactic testflight program before entry into commercial usage.

[9] Burt Rutan has dismissed fears that pressurization cycles might induce fatigue failure in the composite structure.