Accessibility links

Solar Impulse Solar Impulse
Stories About

Solar Impulse
Solar-Powered Airplane Completes First Leg Of U.S. Flight

The Solar Impulse takes off from Moffett Field NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, as a team member rides an electric bike alongside the plane. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
AFP/AFP/Getty Images

The Two-Way

Solar-Powered Airplane Completes First Leg Of U.S. Flight

The Solar Impulse, an airplane traveling across the United States using only solar power, is in Phoenix today, after reaching Arizona from California Saturday. It took the plane about 20 hours to travel from Mountain View, Calif., near San Francisco.