Austin, Texas (CNN Business) Virgin Galactic, the space tourism firm that hopes to send its first customers to space next year, unveiled a new spacecraft design on Tuesday. The sleek new space plane has a reflective coating that the company calls "mirror-like," and says will add to space tourists' experience. VSS Imagine, the first SpaceShip III in the Virgin Galactic fleet. But the updated space plane is designed to be more easily manufactured, and to be durable enough to help the company achieve its goal of flying 400 trips to suborbital space each year. VSS Imagine, the first SpaceShip III in the Virgin Galactic fleet.

Source: CNN March 31, 2021 16:30 UTC