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Stories about: solar impulse

First 24-Hour Flight of a Solar-Powered Plane Is Successful This experimental airplane was launched on Wednesday and landed safely in Switzerland 24 hours later. It successfully flyed through the night and its energy lasted longer than expected. This is the first step towards flying around the globe using the power of the Sun as fuel. Andre Borschberg, a former fighter jet pi... 8 July 2010 05:24 GMT Solar Energy to Power Up Aircraft The future of aviation looks bright, aircraft constructors say, in the light of the fact that, next year, a new 1.5 ton aircraft, powered entirely by the sun, will complete a first-of-its-kind test flight. The plane is being built in order to prove that using solar energy to power up airplanes is a sustainable proces... 18 November 2008 03:18 GMT The Solar Impulse Project The Solar Impulse Project plans to have an airplane take off and fly autonomously, day and night, propelled only by the energy of the sunlight, so far an unachievable goal without pushing back the current technological limits in all fields. During the day it will be powered by highly efficient solar cells that will b... 7 November 2007 11:07 GMT