Spaceflight Insider Matt Haskell Virgin Galactic SpaceShip III “Imagine.” Credit: Virgin Galactic Last week, Virgin Galactic, the space tourism firm owned by Richard Branson, revealed its newest design, SpaceShip III, with the first vehicle in this line dubbed “VSS Imagine.” Unveiled March 30, 2021, there’s not much visually different between SpaceShip III and its predecessor SpaceShip II. It features a mirror-like coating as its paint scheme and is the third design the created to support the company’s space tourism mission. According to Virgin Galactic, design changes to SpaceShip III allow for it to be more-easily manufactured and be more durable in order to support the company goal of achieving 400 suborbital trips per year.