Virgin Galactic’s new VSS Imagine will help get tourists to space
The spacecraft will soon begin ground testing, with glide tests planned in mid-2021 at Virgin Galactic’s facility in New Mexico
30 March 2021 - 16:10
Dallas — Virgin Galactic unveiled its newest spacecraft, VSS Imagine, the first vehicle produced under a new assembly system that’s critical to the company’s goal of offering daily tourism flights to space.
The Imagine “demonstrates progress towards efficient design and production”, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The new manufacturing process will reduce maintenance and enable a quicker flight tempo as the company seeks to “scale the business for the long-term”...
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