Solar Impulse CEO Andre Borschberg flashes a thumbs-up as the Solar Impulse 2 airplane, piloted by Bertrand Piccard, rises from its runway in Hawaii. (Credit: Solar Impulse) More than a year after its ...

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 ...

Solar Impulse 2 is temporarily grounded in Dayton, Ohio after a minor accident. The next leg of the solar-powered aircraft's round-the-world-flight was scheduled for May 24, but the unexpected minor ...

The maiden flight of Solar Impulse 2 took place on Monday morning at Payerne aerodrome in Switzerland. The solar-powered aircraft took off at 5:36 AM CET, when the weather around the aerodrome was at ...

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 ...

The Solar Impulse is powered by solar cells on its wings absorbing sunlight. — -- The sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 departed Phoenix, Arizona, for Tulsa, Oklahoma, this morning as it glides ...

The Solar Impulse 2 plane comes in for a landing in Phoenix like a UFO. (Credit: Solar Impulse) A solar-powered ultralight airplane called Solar Impulse 2 landed in Phoenix tonight after a nearly ...

The longest leg of the cross-country tour marks a distance record for solar-powered aviation as the slender aircraft touches down in Texas. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer ...

Solar Impulse is a Swiss aircraft designed for long-range flights, traveling under the power of nothing more than sunlight, and it's gearing up to complete a flight around the world in 2015. The plane ...

Solar-powered plane could stop in Phoenix this week. — -- After touching down in San Francisco this weekend, the Solar Impulse plane could continue its journey across the United States as early ...

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 ...