LiveScience: A solar-powered airplane soared over the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to Hawaii, and set a slew of new world records in the process, logging the farthest and longest flights made so far in a solar-powered aircraft.
The Solar Impulse 2 plane set the new distance and duration records when it flew 3,519 miles (5,663 kilometers) in 80 hours. The solar-powered aircraft is currently partway through a planned journey around the world.
"Can you imagine that a solar-powered airplane without fuel can now...