In recent years, the development of tiny aircraft capable of staying aloft using only sunlight has captured the imagination ...

"It’s important to demonstrate what we can achieve with solar energy." Modern explorer shatters record after jaw-dropping flight in solar-powered plane: 'One of those unforgettable peaks' first ...

It's an electric plane that will charge using solar power, but also more than that. A recently completed project also is the story of a friendship created among those who built it, and young people ...

The achievement is "one of those unforgettable peaks that define great human and technological adventures," the SolarStratos mission said in a statement.

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 breakthrough in aviation is taking shape through a collaboration between U.S. startup Skydweller Aero and French defense electronics company Thales. Their joint mission is to build a solar-powered ...

Skydweller, the world's largest solar-powered flying drone — its 236-foot wingspan is bigger than a 747 — recently logged flights of 73 and 74 hours after taking off from its operations base at ...

On a summer afternoon high above the Swiss Alps, Raphaël Domjan stared out at a commercial airliner flying below him. At 9,500 meters (31,000 feet), Domjan was alone in a featherlight aircraft powered ...

A proposed 25-hectare (62-acre) solar farm could spell "serious trouble" for parachutists if the government allows it to be built near an airfield, a councillor said.

The SolarStratos, a Swiss stratospheric solar aircraft, reached a personal record altitude of 8,224 meters but fell short of the current world record for a solar-powered flight. The Swiss project team ...