Piccard never intended the vehicle for commercial use, but instead envisioned it as a way to raise awareness for sustainable energy by building the first solar-powered plane capable of ...
The experimental plane Solar Impulse 2, which completed a historic round-the-world trip in 2016 without using jet fuel, ...
Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, or 31,237 feet, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos ...
The Solar Impulse, an airplane traveling across the United States using only solar power, is in Phoenix today, after reaching Arizona from California Saturday. It took the plane about 20 hours to ...
Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, or 31,237 feet, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos ...
A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- A solar-powered airplane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world. A ...
Solar Impulse 2, the pioneering aircraft known for the first round-the-world solar flight, was lost during an uncrewed flight ...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Aviation history is about to be made. The Solar Impulse 2, the solar-powered airplane that's just completed a flight from Hawaii has arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area and ...
The aircraft that completed one of aviation’s most audacious journeys — a solar-powered circumnavigation ...