Virgin's mock up Galactic's Space Ship ( SS2) on display while a cleaner make the last minute preparations to the Virgin stand at the Farnborough International Airshow 2012, England, UK

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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is featured in a static display at Farnborough this week. Likely to steal the show, the aircraft is making its European debut with a few modifications. note Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson is expected to announce an expansion for the business' space tourism research and development on Wednesday at Farnborough International Airshow 2012 Virgin Galactic plans to operate a fleet of five SpaceShipTwo spaceplanes in a private passenger-carrying service and have been taking bookings for some time, with a suborbital flight carrying an initial ticket price of US$200, spaceplane could also be used to carry scientific payloads for NASA and other organizations.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Farnborough International Airshow 2012 Farnborough UK
Photo credit: © Gary Blake / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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