Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo during a sub-orbital flight
An
artist's conception of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo during a
sub-orbital flight into space is pictured in this undated publicity
photograph from Virgin Galactic.Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic are set to unveil SpaceShipTwo on December 7, 2009 at the Mojave Spaceport in Mojave, California. The six-passenger vehicle will undergo test flights in 2010 and start commercial flights between 2011 and 2012.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo
An
artist's conception of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (vehicle in
bottom of image) as it is released from its mothership WhiteknightTwo is
pictured in this undated handout photograph from Virgin Galactic.The twin-fuselage mothership
Virgin
Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, slung beneath White Knight Two, the
twin-fuselage mothership that will carry SpaceShipTwo to launch
altitude. Richard Branson unveiled his Virgin Galactic spaceliner for tourists willing to pay 200,000 dollars a ticket Monday for a trip into the weightlessness of space in a craft designed to make the perilous return home
A model of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo
A scale model of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo in 2008 at the America Museum of Natural History in New York.
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars
