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 ...

The aircraft that proved solar power could circle the Earth just lost power forever. Solar Impulse 2-the pioneering plane that completed aviation’s first solar-powered circumnavigation in 2016-crashed ...

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 ...

Solar Impulse 2, an experimental plane flying around the world without consuming a drop of fuel, has landed in California, one leg closer to completing its trailblazing trip. “The Pacific is done, my ...

The power of yoga and self-hypnosis are being harnessed to prop up the endurance of the pilots of the solar plane which set off Monday on a first round-the-world tour. The Solar Impulse 2 left Abu ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Solar-powered aircraft seem doomed to repeat the myth of Icarus, whose homemade wings melted ...

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, ...

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 ...