Virgin Galactic Announces Date for World’s First Virtual Reveal of Spaceship Cabin Design
July 02 2020 - 6:45AM
Business Wire
Public Live-Streaming of Major Milestone
Celebration Set for July 28, 2020
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) (“Virgin Galactic”
or “the Company”), a vertically integrated aerospace company, today
announced that SpaceShipTwo’s cabin interior design reveal will
take place on July 28, 2020. The virtual event will be streamed
live on YouTube. In celebration of this milestone, the Company will
also be announcing plans to bring immersive experiences of Virgin
Galactic’s spaceflight and cabin interior to aspiring astronauts
around the world.
The unveiling of the spaceship cabin design marks the latest
milestone towards Virgin Galactic’s operational readiness and will
accentuate the Company’s focus on using inspired and bold design to
transform the entire customer journey. While the cabin interior has
been created to integrate seamlessly with every step of that
journey, it is also the design centerpiece, providing safety
without distraction, quietly absorbing periods of sensory intensity
and offering each astronaut a level of intimacy required for
personal discovery and transformation.
The live-streamed unveiling will feature a virtual walkthrough
of the cabin, curated by the multi-disciplinary team which has
striven to ensure that every detail of its design works to provide
an unparalleled and safe consumer experience.
As a part of Virgin Galactic’s mission to democratize space, and
in response to current restrictions on travel and live gatherings,
the Company has developed and will be releasing new, cutting edge
digital platforms. These will provide users with an opportunity for
detailed and immersive exploration of the cabin interior and other
elements of the Virgin Galactic spaceflight experience from the
comfort and security of their homes. Further details will be
announced in the lead-up to the July 28 unveiling event.
George Whitesides, CEO of Virgin Galactic, said: “One of the
defining hallmarks of the Virgin brand has been
experience-enhancing, pioneering design. Virgin Galactic has
striven to remain faithful to that tradition by developing elegant,
experience-focused vehicles for the space launch system, and
choosing landmark architecture for our operational headquarters at
Spaceport America, New Mexico. We now look forward to revealing our
spaceship cabin design, which is progressive, beautiful and
functional. We are particularly delighted that, under current
restrictions, we have been able to create an experience that we
will be able to share with the millions of people around the world
who dream of travelling to space.”
Throughout the history of human spaceflight, the primary
objectives of cabin design have been functionality and safety. The
Virgin Galactic spaceship cabin has taken these design
prerequisites and overlaid them with touches and features
specifically created to elevate the experience of space for a new
generation of private astronauts.
To set a reminder to watch the reveal of cabin interior design
live, please follow the link:
YOUTUBE LIVE LINK
You can download all press materials including images and
broll from the Virgin Galactic Press FTP.
About Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is a vertically-integrated aerospace company,
pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and
researchers, as well as a manufacturer of advanced air and space
vehicles. Using its proprietary and reusable technologies and
supported by a distinctive, Virgin-branded customer experience, it
is developing a spaceflight system designed to offer customers a
unique, multi-day, transformative experience. This culminates in a
spaceflight that includes views of Earth from space and several
minutes of weightlessness that will launch from Spaceport America,
New Mexico. Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company believe that
one of the most exciting and significant opportunities of our time
lies in the commercial exploration of space and the development of
technology that will change the way we travel across the globe in
the future. Together we are opening access to space to change the
world for good.
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intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
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