Virgin Galactic unveils new spaceship 16 months after deadly crash

Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company owned by British billionaire Richard Branson, on Friday unveiled a new commercial spaceship, more than a year after its predecessor crashed, killing one of its pilots. It marked the beginning of a testing phase for the SpaceShipTwo and the company underscored that commercial space flights would not be available until Virgin Galactic was satisfied it could carry them out safely. "As we celebrate the end of one critical phase of work, we also mark the start of a new phase, one focused on further testing and, ultimately, the first commercial human spaceflight program in history," Virgin Galactic said in a statement shortly before the debut of the new space vehicle.

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