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 ...

The Solar Impulse 2 plane has landed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, more than a year after its initial take off, completing the first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun’s ...

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 ...

Solar Impulse 2 is scheduled to take off next year and fly around the world using only the sun as an energy source. A lot of advanced engineering went into this craft, but we're still a long way from ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The two Swiss pilots taking turns to fly a solar-powered airplane around the world said Sunday the endeavor is not only a demonstration of the importance of renewable energy ...

Installed inside a life-size mock-up of the cockpit of the second plane currently under construction, André Borschberg took up the challenge of piloting the Solar Impulse simulator non-stop for 72 ...

The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane continued its around-the-world voyage Thursday with a flight from Phoenix to Tulsa, Okla. Solar Impulse 2 took off from the Phoenix Goodyear Airport, Arizona, ...

Solar Impulse 2 is an aircraft on a mission -- to circumnavigate the globe using nothing but the power of the sun. The journey is being undertaken in multiple legs, and it kicked off several months ...

When rudimentary solar power was created in the 19th century, the scientists behind the technology had no idea what it would be used for.In 2013, venture capitalists and environmentalists Bertrand ...