Solar Impulse 2 landed in India late Tuesday, completing the initial sea crossing of its epic bid to become the first plane to fly around the world powered solely by the sun. The aircraft touched down ...

A solar-powered plane set off from Abu Dhabi on Monday on a bid to make the first round-the-world tour, a marathon journey that will test its pilots’ endurance to the limit. “The adventure has started ...

A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May. The crash also marks the untimely demise of the pioneering aircraft Solar ...

On May 4, 2026, the experimental solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during an autonomous test flight. Thankfully no one was hurt during the incident, but it does ...

On 4 May 2026, an aircraft that once captured the imagination of the world met a watery end in the Gulf of Mexico. Solar Impulse 2, the revolutionary Swiss experimental solar-powered aeroplane, ...

The solar-powered aircraft that spent two weeks in the Lehigh Valley a decade ago has been “destroyed,” the National Transportation Safety Board reports. The Solar Impulse 2 crashed May 4 into the ...

Skydweller CEO Robert Miller describes exactly how the aircraft was lost—and why the future prospects for perpetual solar ...