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 ...

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan has set a new altitude record for solar-powered electric planes. His SolarStratos aircraft soared to 31,237 feet (9,521 meters). The team announced the achievement on ...

Two pilots are slowly carving their way into a new future of solar-powered flight as one embarks on the latest leg of their around-the-world journey in a plane powered only by the sun. After some ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Swiss pilot claims to have broken the more than 15-year-old altitude record for electric, solar-powered aircraft. Raphaël Domjan on Tuesday flew an electric plane propelled by solar cells, ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- A solar-powered airplane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world. A ...

Watch as this time-lapse video shows the first solar-powered flight around the world. The Solar Impulse aircraft traveled over 500 days and 25,000 miles, despite a few setbacks along the way. "It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swiss pilot Raphaël Domjan soared more than 31,000 feet above the Alps using nothing but sunlight, appearing to shatter the ...

RABAT, Morocco - An experimental solar-powered plane landed in Morocco's capital late Tuesday after a 20-hour trip from Madrid in the first transcontinental flight by a craft of its type. With the ...

Engineers at SolarStratos are building a plane that will fly higher than any other manned solar-powered aircraft. They’re shooting for 80,000 feet (24km) – high above the clouds and well into the ...