Solar Impulse uses SOURIAU composite connectors made of composite material with special metallization to be the lightest possible connectors, but those that can also meet the required EMI protection ...

A flight from California to New York usually takes about six hours, but for André Borschberg it's going to take a lot longer. Borschberg and fellow pilot Bertrand Piccard will leave Mountain View, ...

The Solar Impulse's "wingspan is longer than a 747 Boeing, but the entire plane weighs less than a car," as NPR's Steve Henn reported last month. Comparisons such as that one may brought a moment of ...

The Solar Impulse 2 is traveling from China to Hawaii. — -- It's the launch of the newest adventure in this first-of-its-kind aircraft. For the next 130 hours, six days and six nights with no ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Solar Impulse 2 took off from Moffett Field this morning to continue its historic journey around the world. It's headed next to Phoenix, Arizona. RELATED: Solar Impulse 2 ...

Two filmmakers spent more than a year chronicling the Solar Impulse 2 as it flew around the world with no fuel.Their Nova film takes us inside the cockpit. This Solar-Powered Plane Can Now Fly Around ...

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 ...

A solar-powered airplane has landed in Pennsylvania, about 17 hours after it took off from the Ohio hometown of America aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 ...

At a time when headlines seem dominated by violence and tragedy, a piece of good news is very welcome. On Monday night the Solar Impulse aircraft landed in Abu Dhabi from where it set off in March ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A solar-powered airplane that developers hope to eventually pilot around the world took off early on Friday from San Francisco Bay on the first leg of an attempt to fly ...

A solar-powered plane will touch down at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport tonight - the latest stop on its cross-country journey. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, ...