Solar-Powered Aircraft Lands After Overnight Flight
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An experimental airplane landed safely after flying through the night propelled entirely by 12,000 solar cells and sunlight-powered lithium batteries.
The HB-SIA carbon-fiber aircraft, flown by Andre Borschberg and weighing about as much as a mid-size car, touched down today at Payerne near Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland, at 9 a.m. local time, the Solar Impulse group said.