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 ...

The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane landed safely early Saturday in New York City, its final U.S. destination in a more than year-long trek around the world. Not wanting to miss the highlights ...

The Solar Impulse 2 airplane touched down early Tuesday, completing its final leg of the first entirely solar-powered flight around the world. The experimental airplane landed amid much fanfare in ...

Despite the vast dimensions, Solar Impulse 2 weighs in at only 2,300 kg (5,070 lbs) -- about the same as a Ford Fiesta sedan -- with a small single-person cockpit.

The Solar Impulse 2 is traveling from China to Hawaii. — -- It's the launch of the newest adventure in this first-of-its-kind aircraft. For the next 130 hours, six days and six nights with no ...

Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Seville, completing the world's first solar-powered crossing of the Atlantic. The 6765km (4,200mi) flight took just shy of three days (71 hours and 8 minutes), taking ...

Solar Impulse 2 has made history yet again. Earlier this month it finally completed the US leg of its "around the world" journey bourne on solar-powered wings. From New York, where it made a pit ...

Solar Impulse coming in to land in Abu Dhabi just before dawn The first round-the-world solar powered flight has been completed, after the Solar Impulse aircraft touched down in Abu Dhabi.

The aircraft - called Solar Impulse-2 - took off from Abu Dhabi, heading east to Muscat in Oman. With businessman and pilot Andre Borschbeg at the controls, the aircraft touched down in Oman at 16 ...

Solar Impulse HB-SIA touched down about 12:30 a.m. at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. Video footage shows the pilot, Bertrand Piccard, stepping out with a smile and a wave, holding up a flag ...

The Solar Impulse plane has broken the record for the longest non-stop solo flight without refuelling. The milestone was achieved 76 hours into the latest leg of its attempt to circumnavigate the ...