An experimental solar-powered plane landed safely Thursday after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the sun during the day to stay aloft all night.
Pilot Andre Borschberg eased the (...)
A solar-powered aircraft designed to fly round the clock without traditional aviation fuel or polluting emissions headed today into its crucial first night flight, according to AP.
The plane, named Solar Impulse, took off for its first 24-hour test (...)
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard's team took its round-the-world solar plane prototype into the skies for the first time Wednesday, with four propellers lifting the massive craft off the ground at near bicycle speed.
Piccard said the two-hour test (...)
Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard's team has taken its prototype for a round-the-world solar flight into the skies for the first time.
Piccard says the two-hour test flight will examine if the plane with the wingspan of a Boeing 747 and the (...)
