January 24, 2008

Virgin Galactic Reveals New Spaceship Designs, First Flight to take off in 2009

by yogesh

In 2006 Virgin showcased their initial designs of the Galactic spaceship interiors. Since they are gearing up for the first flight in 2009, Virgin Galactic just announced their new spaceship designs. White Knight Two is the plane that will bring the SpaceShipTwo to a high enough altitude to launch itself away. SpaceShipTwo has an eight-passenger capacity, so essentially there will be two pilots and six passengers, each of whom will pay $200,000! The White Knight Two is already almost complete, with testing scheduled for later this year, while SpaceShipTwo is about 60% complete. Virgin is building a Spaceport in New Mexico from where the flights will take off.

Via – Luxurylaunches