The second version of the 100% solar-powered airplane, Solar Impulse, has been completed. It debuted April 9 in Payerne, Switzerland. The new airplane will be the one used in next year's attempted ...

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 ...

In its round-the-world tour, the plane Solar Impulse 2 has become a showcase for Sun-powered technology, featuring innovations which could have a bright commercial future. What’s new about it? Solar ...

Solar Impulse 2 has set a new world record for the longest non-stop solo flight. Landing in Hawaii Friday morning local time, the sun-powered plane, piloted by Andre Borschberg, stayed in the air for ...

Lightweight and energy-efficient technologies that enable the solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft to fly around the world, are commercially available today and already finding new uses in a wide ...

Solar Impulse 2 (“Si2”), the world’s most advanced solar-powered airplane and the first to fly day and night without fuel, landed successfully in Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, following a 20 ...

Over 50 people make up the crew that maintains the Solar Impulse 2, a solar- powered aircraft on a historic flight around the world. The plane landed in Dayton Saturday night and is scheduled to take ...

There are many reasons why the recent landing of the Solar Impulse 2 in Northern California is not the beginning of a new era in commercial flight — and none of those reasons matter. The journey ...

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 ...

Ten years ago on 26 July 2016, a new chapter in aviation history began as Solar Impulse 2 touched down in Abu Dhabi, successfully completing the first-ever circumnavigation of the globe without using ...