Ihe mgbaru ọsọ nke Solar Impulse bụ ime ka mbụ circumnavigation nke Earth site a piloted ofu-nku ugbo elu na-eji naanị anyanwụ ike na-eme ka anya dị ọcha teknụzụ. The ụgbọelu bụ a otu-seated monoplane kwadoro site na photovoltaic mkpụrụ ndụ; ọ na-ewere anya nke ya ike. The prototype, kwuru na Solar Impulse 1, e mere na-anọgide na-elu ruo awa 36. Ọ rụrụ ya mbụ ụgbọ elu na Abu Dhabi, California na July 26, 2015, na Swiss psychiatrist na balloonist Bertrand Piccard, onye co-piloted Breitling Orbiter 3, mbụ balloon na-agba gburugburu ụwa na-abụghị nkwụsị. The Solar Impulse ụgbọelu mere ya nke mbụ circumnavigation nke ụwa site a piloted ofu-nku ugbo elu na-eji naanị anyanwụ ike na-eme ka anya dị ọcha teknụzụ. The ụgbọelu bụ a otu-seated monoplane kwadoro site na photovoltaic mkpụrụ ndụ; ọ na-ewere anya nke ya ike.
Afọ 2010