The airborne odyssey pushed the limits of technology but concluded with an 'unexpected termination.'
from Arizona. The solar-powered aircraft remained in the sky, flying through the rest of June, all of July, and about half of August. It flew, according to the Army, more than 34,500 miles. It even ventured over South America.
But one night last week, something went wrong. While above the Yuma Proving Ground , which sits right near the border between Arizona and California, it “encountered events that led to its unexpected termination,” according to an ArmyAll told, the aircraft, which is designed to soar at altitudes north of 60,000 feet, remained airborne for 64 days.
in a Cessna that took place between 1958 and 1959 lasted for nearly 65 days, so the record the Army is boasting about is for uncrewed aircraft.
and notes that its last moments had it at an altitude of some 45,000 or 50,000 feet, and that it experienced “a vertical descent rate which rapidly increased, topping out at a speed of 4,544 feet per minute.” As both that outlet andThe Zephyr gets its power from the sun, via onboard solar panels, and can store that energy in a battery system so that it has the juice it needs to keep flying when the sun isn’t shining. Made by Airbus, the most recent version has a wingspan of 82 feet.
An aircraft like the Zephyr is known as a HAPS, which stands for high-altitude platform station . Besides Airbus, another company working in the space
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