Two filmmakers spent more than a year chronicling the Solar Impulse 2 as it flew around the world with no fuel.Their Nova film takes us inside the cockpit. This Solar-Powered Plane Can Now Fly Around ...

The sunlight-powered journey around the world ended in the dark as pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft at 4:05 a.m. local time on July 26 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The ...

It is the first fuel-free plane to successfully fly around the earth, which took 42,000km (about 26,000 miles). The solar aircraft left Abu Dhabi in March 2015, being piloted by Bertrand Piccard and ...

It’s taken more than 500 days and overcome countless problems, but the epic journey of Solar Impulse 2 is finally complete. The experimental solar-powered plane made aviation history when it landed in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Last month, Solar Impulse II achieved something that no other ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A plane powered only by the sun is waiting for the wind to die down before taking off from Moffett Field in Mountain View. Sky7 HD captured the moment on Saturday when the Solar ...

The team behind the record-breaking Solar Impulse 2 plane is looking to harness the aircraft’s technology for a new solar-powered satellite. “One of the possible spinoffs is to produce an unmanned ...

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For those unfamiliar, the Solar Impulse 2 is an electric aircraft, which recently completed a round-the-world flight (recap/videos of accomplishment here); however during the night without the aid of ...

Three days into its journey from Nagoya, Japan, to Honolulu, the solar-powered single-seat aircraft had already shattered the records for longest solo flight, longest distance traveled, and longest ...

A solar-powered plane that landed in Dayton on an around-the-world record-breaking trek is in search of a place to call home, National Aviation Heritage Alliance officials say. The Switzerland-based ...