SolarImpulse Seeks To Push Limits of Solar Flight

Credit: SOLARIMPULSE
A Swiss-led group is building a solar-powered aircraft that would be the first manned air vehicle capable of sustaining night flight. The project, dubbed SolarImpulse, is intended to optimize key technologies involved in solar flight, including photovoltaic cells, lithium batteries, propulsion and...

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