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The zero-fuel airplane Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night, completing at 35,000 kilometer trip across all the continents of the earth powered only by sunlight. Mission Control in Monaco cheered as Balloonist Bertrand Piccard piloted the craft back to the same location from which it took off back in March 2015. Although its 236 foot wingspan is wider than a 747 jumbo jet, the Solar Impulse weighs only 2.3 tons.
The world''s most visited art museum is going global…France''s president is on hand to inaugurate the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the project billed as a bridge between civilizations. It''s a megaproject dating back more than a decade, at a cost of 580 million euros. But how much can it accomplish? What are the terms of the deal with the Gulf emirate? And what does France''s most visited tourist attraction contribute to art?
Solar Impulse 2, an airplane powered by solar energy, landed in Egypt on Wednesday, the penultimate stop in the first fuel-free flight around the globe.
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The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft set off from New York's JFK airport early Monday, embarking on the transatlantic leg of its record-breaking flight around the world to promote renewable energy.
An animation of the fifth stage of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
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