Swiss aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard is developing a plane powered by liquid hydrogen after a much-hyped flight in 2015 ...

The team at [Bearospace Industries] has been working on the challenge for the while, and their Solar Dragon aircraft recently had a very successful test flight, producing about 50% more power than ...

the first solar-powered plane capable of perpetual flight. Thus, it is also a story of pioneers, scientist and inventors, one that began 200 years ago, driven by innovation. Today electricity is ...

From the outside, it looked as if the Swiss-led Solar Impulse project smoothly soldiered through adversity as its solar-powered plane made a record-setting trip around the world in 2015 and ...

Recent tests conducted at Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA, have shown that the solar-powered aircraft can remain ... Alton plans to deliver an enhanced model of the system by the end of ...

Recent trials conducted at Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA, demonstrated that the solar-powered aircraft can remain ... plans to deliver an enhanced model of the system by the end of the ...

Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, ...

LES SABLES D’OLONNE, France — When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about ...

Now, the 66-year-old Swiss adventurer behind Solar Impulse is aiming higher, in hopes of heading toward greener commercial flight than that of fossil fuel-powered planes today — this time using ...