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 ...

The Solar Impulse 2 plane comes in for a landing at Lehigh Valley, Penn. (Credit: Solar Impulse) One day after a close call, the Solar Impulse 2 round-the-world airplane made a 17-hour trip from Ohio ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, a plane attempting to fly around the world using solar power, was forced to land Monday in Nagoya, Japan due to inclement weather. The experimental aircraft — flown and financed ...

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 ...

The Swiss team that flew a solar-powered airplane across America has unveiled the even bigger plane that they plan to take around the world a year from now. "It's the most incredible airplane of its ...