Solar Impulse 2 completes historic round-the-world trip: Incredible welcome for pilots in Abu Dhabi (Watch)
Solar Impulse 2 has completed a 40,000-km journey in 17 legs. It has taken more than 500 hours of flying over the Arabian Sea, India, Myanmar, China, the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the US, southern Europe and North Africa.
Jul 26, 2016, 10:13 AM IST
Historic solar flight marks first round-the-world journey
The world's first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun's energy made history today as it landed in Abu Dhabi, where it first took off on an epic 40,000 kilometre journey that began more than a year ago.
Jul 26, 2016, 06:44 AM IST
Watch: Sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 lands in Pennsylvania!
The sun-powered single-seater aircraft, piloted by Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard reached its destination at 8:49 pm CDT after a near 17-hour flight from Dayton, Ohio.
May 26, 2016, 12:35 PM IST
Solar-powered plane to soar again on round-the-world flight
The solar-powered plane, which stores energy in batteries for when the sun is not shining, will stop in New York before a transatlantic flight to Europe.
May 02, 2016, 15:40 PM IST
Facebook open to solar plane-based internet services in India
Social media giant Facebook is interested in testing internet services through solar-powered plane in India and other telecom connectivity technologies it is developing.
Mar 04, 2015, 15:02 PM IST
