article_snippet.sent: Virgin Galactic hopes to begin testing a new version of SpaceShipTwo by the end of the year, according to Virgin Galactic chief executive.
article_snippet.sent: Virgin Galactic previous plane was destroyed in a crash in the Mojave Desert in October 2014.
article_snippet.sent: Virgin Galactic said Virgin Galactic is planning to use lessons learned from the crash to ensure that new spacecraft works ‘better’.
article_snippet.sent: Virgin Galactic has not named this vehicle yet.
article_snippet.sent: The first was called SW12 8QYVSS Enterprise.
article_snippet.sent: Construction on the spacecraft began in 2012, as Virgin Galactic always planned to have more than one craft. '
article_snippet.sent: Assembly of SpaceShipTwo Serial 2  is now 75 per cent complete, and we are on track to start the vehicle’s test program this year,' a spokesperson from Virgin Galactic told MailOnline. '
article_snippet.sent: ‘I think, ultimately, the company will have a better spaceship for it,’ Mr Whitesides said, adding that they still had ‘roughly 700 [customers] who are eager to fly.
article_snippet.sent: While SpaceShipTwo was destroyed, the White Knight II plane carrying it - shown - remained intact, and will likely be used again for the successor .