Virgin Galactic unveils new VSS Imagine spaceship

Virgin Galactic has unveiled a new mirrored spaceship called VSS Imagine that is designed to ‘reflect the environment around it’ as it moves through clouds and out to space. The new spaceplane is the third generation craft developed by the New Mexico-based Virgin Galactic and will be more modular, allowing for more rapid development as … Read more

Virgin Galactic unveil cabin design with mood lighting and ‘largest mirror in a spaceship cabin’

Richard Branson-owned space firm Virgin Galactic has unveiled the design of the cabin and seats for its SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity, that will take the company’s first fee-paying astronauts to the edge of space. Each seat in the six-person cabin has two personal windows for a view of the Earth below and ‘mood lighting’ linked to … Read more