Driven by vision and muscle alone, a small team set out to achieve the unthinkable - flight without fuel. Through countless ...

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 metres, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos plane made the ...

Swiss eco-explorer Raphaël Domjan is one step closer — or around 31,200 feet — to the stratosphere. The adventurer's ride there was much different from airliners that typically travel at that height.

Show more Show less The SolarStratos plane has 22 square metres of solar panels on its wings Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan describes himself as an eco-adventurer The SolarStratos plane took off from Sion ...