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Switzerland, first launch in history from an electric plane

World record also concerns carbon dioxide emissions

There is always a first time and the one in which Raphaël Domjan became the protagonist is really curious. The name is that of the founder of SolarStratos, a project aimed at flying a solar-powered plane into the stratosphere for the first time. This morning, on Tuesday August 25, 2020, he launched himself from an experimental aircraft, the first human being to do that in history. It is a plane that...

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Payerne, Switzerland, 08/25/2020 18:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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