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Solar Plane Lands in U.S. on Record Voyage

2016-04-24 15:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: The team that's attempting to make the first solar-powered flight around the world completed another milestone Sunday, when its craft landed at Moffett Airfield in California's San Francisco Bay area. Having taken off from Hawaii, this was the ninth leg of the trip and represented the team's first return to the air since last July, after weather and repairs to its plane led to a delay in the project. At the helm of the Solar Impulse 2 on this leg was Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard. The solo...

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