Last Thursday, the Solar Impulse 2 touched down in Seville, completing its 70-hour jaunt across the Atlantic in its quest to fly around the world.
The transatlantic journey, helmed by one of the project’s pilots and co-founders, Bertrand Piccard, marked another important milestone for the solar-powered aircraft, having completed a Pacific Ocean crossing last year.
It’s had to overcome battery malfunctions that left the plane inactive for several months while inclement weather conditions hampered its flight plans but now the Solar Impulse 2 is back on track to complete its global flight.
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