A solar-powered plane - energized by the power of the sun - took off just as dawn broke Friday morning from Mountain View's Moffett Field on its first cross-country tour, bound for New York as its ...

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan has set a new altitude record for solar-powered electric planes. His SolarStratos aircraft soared to 31,237 feet (9,521 meters). The team announced the achievement on ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- A solar-powered airplane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world. A ...

The plane, Solar Impulse 2, touched down in the United Arab Emirates capital at 0005 GMT (0405 local time) on Tuesday. The plane, Solar Impulse 2, touched down in the United Arab Emirates capital at ...

The pilot of a solar-powered airplane on an around-the-world journey said Saturday that stopping in California's Silicon Valley will help link the daring project to the pioneering spirit of the area.

A solar-powered plane on an around-the-world journey was about a third of the way to California early Friday after taking off from Hawaii, the project's mission control said. Solar Impulse 2 pilot ...

Watch as this time-lapse video shows the first solar-powered flight around the world. The Solar Impulse aircraft traveled over 500 days and 25,000 miles, despite a few setbacks along the way. "It ...

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 metres, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos plane made the ...

Flying over Pennsylvania, the small airplane wirelessly beamed power down to receivers on the ground. The flight test marked ...

The flight team said that the flight, the second to last in the world circumnavigation and is expected to take 50 hours and 30 minutes. The organisers of the plane's around-the-world journey said in ...