Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplane, [ProjectAir]’s recent attempt is the most significant one in recent memory. It follows [rctestflight]’s ...

The goal for Climate Impulse is to take off unassisted, fly some 40,000 kilometers (about 25,000 miles) around Earth along the Equator at a gentle speed of about 200 kilometers per hour (125 mph), and ...

The company has successfully completed a crucial test of the aircraft. Recent trials conducted at Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA, demonstrated that the solar-powered aircraft can remain ...

The Zephyr is not your usual aircraft. It only travels at 40mph, it is launched by hand and it is completely solar-powered. The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere, to avoid commercial air ...

Explore the results of the seventh mission of the U.S. Space Force reusable spacecraft, X-37B, with its return to Earth ...

With a wingspan longer than Boeing's 747 jumbo jet, the Solar Impulse 2 took off from its home base in Switzerland on its maiden flight this week. First unveiled to the public in April ...

EHang, JAC Motors and Guoxian Holdings will conduct joint research on the automation of aircraft production technologies and build a manufacturing base, all to accelerate low-altitude aviation ...

The problem of glare from solar panels affecting landing aircraft near Haarlemmermeer remains unresolved, with Schiphol ...