The dream of perpetual flight without fuel has inspired pilots to take to the skies in solar-powered planes. Vicki Cleave looks at a mission to fly a solar plane through the night - and around the world.
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Vicki Cleave is a senior editor for Nature Materials.
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Cleave, V. Solar power: A flight to remember. Nature 451, 884–886 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451884a
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