PHOTOS: Virgin Galactic unveils space plane’s cabin, poised for commercial flights

Billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism firm Virgin Galactic revealed the interior of its centerpiece space plane on Tuesday, showing off a cabin with new custom seats and a “space mirror” in a virtual tour of what its passengers can expect to experience on flights to the edge of space. For $250,000 a ticket, passengers who have signed up for the suborbital flight aboard the air-launched plane VSS Unity will strap into six tailored, teal-colored seats and peer out of the cabin’s 12 circular windows as they ascend some 60 miles (97 km) above Earth. The plane has five other windows up front.

Updated on: Jul 29, 2020 2:54 PM IST

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This undated photo released by Virgin Galactic shows the interior of their SpaceshipTwo Cabin during a flight. Highly detailed amenities to enhance the customer experience were shown in an online event Tuesday, July 28, 2020, revealing the cabin of the company's rocket plane, a type called SpaceShipTwo, which is undergoing testing in preparation for commercial service. There are a dozen windows for viewing, seats capable of being customized to each of six passengers and mood lighting. (AP)

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The interior cabin of billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism firm Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is seen in an artist's rendition released July 28, 2020. (via REUTERS)

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Richard Branson's space tourism firm Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo’s interiors are seen in an artist's rendition released July 28, 2020. (via REUTERS)

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An artist's rendition of the interior cabin of billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism firm Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, released July 28, 2020. (via REUTERS)

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Highly detailed amenities to enhance the customer experience were shown in an online event Tuesday, July 28, 2020, revealing the cabin of the company's rocket plane, a type called SpaceShipTwo, which is undergoing testing in preparation for commercial service. There are a dozen windows for viewing, seats capable of being customized to each of six passengers and mood lighting. (via REUTERS)

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Interiors of the cabin of the SpaceShipTwo, a rocket plane by Richard Branson's space tourism firm Virgin Galactic, as seen in an artist's rendition released July 28, 2020. The company has 600 customers signed up to fly and more than 400 more who have expressed interest. (via REUTERS)