Watch the Solar Plane V3 undergo cruise testing to evaluate its performance, efficiency, and flight capabilities. Ideal for ...

The Sunseeker, a solar-powered plane-glider hybrid that has been flying for more than two decades, is about to get a new, more spacious successor — but only if the builders can secure the funding.

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, or 31,237 feet, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos ...

Deep in the piney woods of south Mississippi, an aerospace company is pushing the boundaries of solar-powered flight. Working from a temporary hangar at Stennis International Airport, a scant ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A team trying to fly a solar-powered plane around the world said Wednesday it is suspending the journey in Hawaii after the plane suffered battery damage during its record-breaking ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Aviation history is about to be made. The Solar Impulse 2, the solar-powered airplane that's just completed a flight from Hawaii has arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area and ...

French President Emmanuel Macron opened the Paris Air Show earlier this week, signaling the aerospace industry’s importance to that country. The bi-annual event, which swaps places every year with the ...

Circumnavigation enthusiasts and sun worshippers will finally have a reason to shake their tan and travel-weary hands with one another if the Solar Impulse is to be believed. The French-built HB-SIB ...

An aircraft is making its way around the Earth powered by the sun. The Solar Impulse 2 will soon make the most hazardous leg of its journey, flying across the Pacific Ocean from China to Hawaii. That ...

KRASNOYARSK, November 14. /TASS/. Veteran Russian adventurer Fyodor Konyukhov plans to take off on a non-stop flight around the world on a Project Albatros solar-powered glider in 2020 or 2021, as the ...