Using only the power of the sun's rays, the souped up lightweight aircraft climbs to nearly 6,000 feet and stays aloft for more than two hours. Dara Kerr was a senior reporter for CNET covering the on ...

Speaking from the cockpit of Solar Impulse 2 as it makes its journey over the Pacific, pilot Bertrand Piccard told FoxNews.com that that solar-powered plane proves the immense potential of clean ...

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Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Hawaii on the ninth leg of its record-breaking solar-powered journey around the world. Piloted by Bertrand Piccard, the plane took from Kalealoa Airport at 12:16 p.m ...

Solar Impulse 2 is probably the most ambitious project ever undertaken in the search for an alternative to internal combustion engines to power an airplane. And its success will be dependent on using ...

The aircraft was grounded in July last year when its batteries suffered problems halfway through its 21,700-mile (35,000-kilometer) circumnavigation. (Reuters) The Solar Impulse 2 plane touched down ...

The Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Ahmedabad. The first round-the-world solar-powered flight landed in India on Wednesday, the second leg of a 35,000 km (22,000 mile) journey seeking to demonstrate ...

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 ...

An aircraft powered by solar energy landed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates early Tuesday, after flying 40,000 kilometres around the world without the use of fossil fuels. The Solar Impulse team ...

Bertrand Piccard, the main mover behind the idea of Solar Impulse, was turned away by many in the 1990s when he proposed the concept of a solar-powered aircraft for a round-the-world journey. Bertrand ...

A solar-powered airplane that is attempting to fly across the United States without using any fuel is en route from St. Louis to Cincinnati today (June 14). The plane, called Solar Impulse, took off ...