Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 metres, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos plane made the ...

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, ...

When rudimentary solar power was created in the 19th century, the scientists behind the technology had no idea what it would be used for.In 2013, venture capitalists and environmentalists Bertrand ...

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 ...

There are eight thermoplastic partsalready developed for a solar-powered airplane under development with at least seven more coming. The Solar Impulse is a long-range aircraft currently under study at ...

In 2012, a manned aircraft powered by 11,628 photovoltaiccells covering 2,200 sq ft of wing space will circumnavigate the globe - if aglobal engineering team can make it light enough. Called the ...