Direct answer: Solar Impulse 2’s active mission phase ended years ago; the aircraft completed its round-the-world flight in 2015–2016, and the project has since shifted to related clean-tech initiatives rather to ongoing flights. For the very latest, you’d want to check recent coverage, but as of 2024–2026 there are no current live flights by Solar Impulse 2.
Details you might find helpful:
- The inspiriting feat began in Abu Dhabi in 2015 and concluded with the aircraft landing back there in 2016 after a multi-leg journey powered solely by solar energy.[6][9]
- Post-flight, Solar Impulse’s focus has largely been on advocacy for renewable energy and its ongoing clean-tech foundation work, rather than new circumnavigation attempts.[8][10]
If you’d like, I can pull the latest news from specific outlets or compile a brief timeline of Solar Impulse 2 milestones. Would you like me to do that?[9][10]
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www.euronews.comSolar Impulse 2 plane takes off from Abu Dhabi, where it hopes to return after circling the globe on the power of the sun alone
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www.ndtv.comThey did it! After over 12 years of research and design, Swiss pioneers Dr. Bertrand Piccard (Initiator, Chairman and Pilot) and André Borschberg (Co-founder and CEO and Pilot) finished the first round-the-world solar flight, powered only by the sun with no fuel or polluting emissions. After 17 months since the first departure in March 2015 in Abu Dhabi (UAE), they landed at its original take-off point at this morning, 26 July at 02:05 CET (00:05 UTC, 04:05 Local Time). Since the beginning of...
www.fai.orgFollowing the first successful solar flight around the world, the Solar Impulse Foundation is now selecting clean and profitable solutions to environmental issues.
solarimpulse.comSolar-powered plane took off from Hawaii, embarking on the latest leg of its global journey
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