Helios Claims New Record,
Having just set a new altitude record of more than 96,500 ft., the Helios solar-powered aircraft team is preparing to integrate an energy-storage system that should enable the flying wing to maintain altitude at night for multi-day missions. During a 17-hr. mission on Aug. 13 near the Hawaiian...
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