It is the first fuel-free plane to successfully fly around the earth, which took 42,000km (about 26,000 miles). The solar aircraft left Abu Dhabi in March 2015, being piloted by Bertrand Piccard and ...

Using only the power of the sun's rays, the souped up lightweight aircraft climbs to nearly 6,000 feet and stays aloft for more than two hours. Dara Kerr was a senior reporter for CNET covering the on ...

The sunlight-powered journey around the world ended in the dark as pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft at 4:05 a.m. local time on July 26 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The ...

Solar Impulse is a Swiss aircraft designed for long-range flights, traveling under the power of nothing more than sunlight, and it's gearing up to complete a flight around the world in 2015. The plane ...

The longest leg of the cross-country tour marks a distance record for solar-powered aviation as the slender aircraft touches down in Texas. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer ...