Virgin Galactic Space Plane Set For Relaunch

Richard Branson is preparing to relaunch his Virgin Galactic project to send passengers into space. The tragedy occurred after SpaceShipTwo fired up its rocket following a high-altitude drop from Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo mothership. Billionaire entrepreneur Branson will today unveil the project's new SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger space plane which will take thrill-seekers and commercial customers on five-minute hops into suborbital space, reaching altitudes of about 62 miles (100 km).