The aircraft that proved solar power could circle the Earth just lost power forever. Solar Impulse 2-the pioneering plane that completed aviation’s first solar-powered circumnavigation in 2016-crashed ...

Skydweller has been conducting multiday flights over the Gulf of Mexico with the modified autonomous Solar Impulse 2. Credit: Skydweller Aero Solar Impulse 2, the one-of-a-kind aircraft that flew ...

Solar Impulse 2, the pioneering aircraft known for the first round-the-world solar flight, was lost during an uncrewed flight, ending its decade-long journey in the skies. The experimental aircraft ...

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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, ...

The solar-powered aircraft that spent two weeks in the Lehigh Valley a decade ago has been “destroyed,” the National Transportation Safety Board reports. The Solar Impulse 2 crashed May 4 into the ...

The experimental solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 crashed on May 4 in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Mississippi during an unmanned test flight operated by Skydweller Aero. Preliminary ...