The ambitious dream of flying the solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse around the world faced a major setback on Wednesday.
The world's only 'zero-fuel' aircraft 'Solar Impulse-2' on Wednesday landed in Varanasi for an overnight stopover after its pilot held the Ahmedababd 'administration' responsible for the delay in departure from the city for want of customs and immigration clearance.
Solar Impulse-2 takes off for Varanasi from Ahmedabad.
Solar Impulse 2 cruised at altitudes of up to 9,000 metres and at an average speed of between 45 and 90 km per hour.
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From Varanasi. it will fly to Mandalay in Myanmar.
World's only solar-powered aircraft will make a stop over in Ahmedabad.
The Solar Impulse 2, claimed to be the world's only solar-powered aircraft, took off from Oman on tuesday to head towards Ahmedabad.
Solar Impulse 2 is world's only solar-powered aircraft.
Solar Impulse, a prototype of an airplane designed to fly around the world using only solar power, made its first real flight on Wednesday.
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Borschberg is keen on the halt in Varanasi as a spiritual stopover.
For now, it does not seem possible that solar-powered aircraft can be used as passenger planes. Only a revolution in technology related to solar panel or battery can help.
Fifty-six-year-old Piccard, who completed the first non-stop flight around the world in an air balloon in 1999, said he and his team were hopeful of getting permission for landing in the two Indian cities.
Solar Impulse's solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane has successfully completed the world's first intercontinental flight.
The aircraft has to fly through five consecutive days.
The project eventually hopes to succeed in the first circling of the earth with a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power.
The latest Solar Impulse 2 is the only airplane which will be able to fly around the world without a drop of fuel in 2015.
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ISRO's maiden solar mission, Aditya L1, has captured its first high energy X-ray glimpse of solar flares. During its first observation period from approximately October 29, the High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) on board Aditya-L1 spacecraft has recorded the impulsive phase of solar flares, the space agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to welcome the new year with the launch of its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite that would offer insights into celestial objects like black holes, onboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket on Monday.
rench President Emmanuel Macron and Modi have been jointly recognised in the Policy Leadership category for their pioneering work in championing the International Solar Alliance and promoting new areas of levels of cooperation on environmental action, including Macron's work on the Global Pact for the Environment and Modi's unprecedented pledge to eliminate all single-use plastic in India by 2022.
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