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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 ...

This is an electric airplane, which was operated using only electrical energy, obtained from over 17,000 solar cells. The plane featured a set of four onboard lithium-ion batteries, which were charged ...

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 ...

July’s successful circumnavigation of the globe by Solar Impulse was a triumph for human endurance and ingenuity, and proved solar power’s efficacy as a reliable source of electricity. But the project ...

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 ...

The Solar Impulse aircraft successfully completed a 24-hour flight powered solely by solar energy, proving its capability to collect and store sufficient energy to last through the night and exceeding ...

Circling the globe in an aircraft that used no fuel would be enough for some to rest on their laurels, but the pilots of Solar Impulse 2 on Monday spoke of their new project. "An unmanned version of ...

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, there are a handful of exciting events happening this week: the opening of the first phase of the Gigafactory, India announcing its new ‘solar zones‘ project, and ...

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 ...