A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said. The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website. Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
Tim Peake Mr Peake told that he is going to the orbiting lab primarily to do science, but that his priority will be to share his experiences. He believes his mission can inspire more young people to become interested in science and engineering. Mr Peake's six-month stint on the station begins in December when he leaves Earth on a Russian Soyuz rocket. The Union flag is going to be flown and worn in space againTim Peake, on being British "The legacy I hope is that this will inspire a new generation to look at science, to look at space, as an exciting career path, and to make choices that push them in that direction," he said. Friday saw him go in front of the media in his home country for the final time before his great adventure gets under way. He now heads to Moscow to complete final training, before then flying to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for the launch. Not having fresh air for 6 months is what I'll miss mostTim Peak...