On May 3, the Solar Impulse, a conspicuously lanky solar-powered aircraft created at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, lifted off the runway at the Moffett Airfield near San ...

The contract for Impulse’s Helios vehicle provides an on-ramp to the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 ...

Kokam’s Ultra High Energy NMC batteries feature an energy density of approximately 260 watts hours per kilogram (Wh/kg). This high energy density enables the Solar Impulse 2 to store more energy ...

The cross-Atlantic flight is likely to be one of the most grueling legs in the aircraft’s ambitious around-the-world journey, devised to raise awareness of the power and potential of clean-energy ...

As we all embark on the complex transition from a fossil-fueled past to a clean energy future, Solar Impulse and ABB are proving that renewables are a reliable power source. By flying halfway around ...

The people behind the first solar-powered round-the-world flight believe the technology used in the Solar Impulse aircraft will inspire society to adopt renewable products and technology in their ...

As Hawaii embarks on the complex transition from a fossil-fueled past to a clean energy future, Solar Impulse prepares to leave for the mainland US and the continuation of its historic around the ...

WASHINGTON — Impulse Space, which launched its first orbital transfer vehicle last year, has unveiled plans for a larger vehicle for transporting satellites to geostationary and other orbits. The ...

Born into a family of explorers and scientists where his grandfather, Auguste, invented the stratospheric balloon and bathyscaphe with which his father, Jacques, dived to the deepest point in the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...