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Virgin Galactic will unveil its new SpaceShipTwo today VIRGIN GALACTIC 19 FEBRUARY 16  by  JAMES TEMPERTON SpaceShipTwo serial number two will be carried to 50,000 feet by the White Knight Two "mothership" (pictured) before blasting itself to the edge of space John Francis Peters Virgin Galactic  will unveil the latest version of its SpaceShipTwo  spacecraft  later today, 18 months after a pilot was killed when the  previous model exploded . Company founder Richard Branson said the new spaceship looked "beautiful" and was the result of 700 engineers working "day and night" for 15 months. "We've got some wonderful surprises later on today," he told ITV's  Good Morning Britain . Branson will unveil the new SpaceShipTwo at the company's spaceport in the Mojave Desert, California later today. The six-passenger craft will carry six passengers on a five-minute journey into suborbital  space , reachin...

Japan Sees Drop in iPhone Shipments: Report Indo-Asian News Service  | Updated:  Feb 20, 2016 19:39 IST Shipments to Japan of Apple Inc.'s iPhones dropped 10.6 percent in 2015 from a year earlier, marking the first drop in Japan since the ubiquitous smartphone went on sale in 2008, MM Research Institute said on Saturday. According to the research institute, shipments totalled 14.73 million units, with the notable slump attributable to sluggish sales of  iPhone 6s  and 6s Plus  versions of its handsets, that went on sale in autumn last year, Xinhua reported. The institute noted that while Apple  remains the market leader for smartphone sales in Japan, it has given some way to Sony and Sharp who have both gained ground. Apple saw its market share trimmed to 41.2 percent from 43.1 percent in 2014, with  Sony in second place with a market share of 13.9 percent followed by  Sharp  who captured 11.9 percent of the market in t...