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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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...