A solar-powered airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel or emissions successfully made its first test flight above the Swiss countryside on Wednesday.
世界上首架無需燃料可實現(xiàn)晝夜飛行的太陽能飛機(jī)——“陽光動力”號本周三在瑞士成功完成首次試飛。
The Solar Impulse, which has 12,000 solar cells built into its wings, is a prototype for an aircraft intended to fly around the world without fuel in 2012.
陽光動力”號飛機(jī)翼鋪排了將近12000塊太陽能板。正式的“太陽驅(qū)動”號預(yù)計2012年有望執(zhí)行無燃料環(huán)球飛行任務(wù)。