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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Solar Impulse 2 took off from Moffett Field this morning to continue its historic journey around the world. It's headed next to Phoenix, Arizona. RELATED: Solar Impulse 2 ...

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 ...

A team of Swiss engineers, aviation experts, and designers is finishing final preparations to launch Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered plane with a wingspan larger than a Boeing 747. When Solar Impulse ...

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 ...

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 ...

A solar-powered plane on a mission to fly around the world was back in its mobile hangar Wednesday, after take-off from Japan was postponed at the 11th hour because of bad weather over the Pacific ...

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 ...

ABU DHABI, 26 July (BelTA - WAM) - Solar Impulse 2 landed at 4 a.m. on Tuesday at Abu Dhabi's Al Bateen Airport, after flying around the world without using a single drop of fuel. The plane finally ...

The Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Egypt after a flight of nearly 49 hours without fuel, covering a distance of 3,745 kilometres. The journey marks the second to last leg of the first Round-The-World ...

PHOENIX — A solar-powered plane attempting to make a trip around the world landed late Monday at Phoenix Goodyear Airport. The plane flew in from Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, Calif. The 720-mile ...

The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft has been grounded in Hawaii, its crew said Saturday, after a grueling five-day, fuel-less flight across the Pacific Ocean overheated its batteries. The ...