Pioneering solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 has crashed into the sea off the coast of Mississippi after losing power.

Piccard never intended the vehicle for commercial use, but instead envisioned it as a way to raise awareness for sustainable ...

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, ...

Solar Impulse 2, the one-of-a-kind aircraft that flew around the world on solar power in 2015-16 and was later converted into a long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) by Skydweller Aero, ...

Solar Impulse 2, the aircraft that completed the first solar-powered global flight in 2016, crashed in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Historic aircraft lost: The Solar Impulse 2 crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on May 4 after a sudden power failure during an ...

The aircraft, acquired by Skydweller Aero in 2019 and converted into an autonomous long-endurance platform, crashed after a loss of power. It was equipped with approximately 17,000 photovoltaic cells ...

Supporters of the Solar Impulse 2 hope to show that a solar-powered plane can make it around the world. Dayton is part of that journey. The experimental plane landed at Dayton International Airport on ...

The sunlight-powered journey around the world ended in the dark as pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft at 4:05 a.m. local time on July 26 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The ...

Abu Dhabi: It will be another two to three weeks before Solar Impulse 2 is able to continue its journey, after the aircraft suffered battery damage due to overheating. The batteries were overheated on ...

Over 50 people make up the crew that maintains the Solar Impulse 2, a solar- powered aircraft on a historic flight around the world. The plane landed in Dayton Saturday night and is scheduled to take ...