Overcoming the Challenges of Solar-Powered Flight | The Impossible Flight

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André Borschberg Bertrand Piccard Peter Frei solar power clean energy renewable energy impossible flight solar-powered aircraft engineering aerospace engineering solar energy solar impulse NOVA engineering criteria solar technology clean technology photovoltaics
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Science STEAM
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Overcoming the Challenges of Solar-Powered Flight | The Impossible Flight

Learn about the challenges that engineers overcame to build a solar-powered airplane that flew around the world, in these videos from NOVA: The Impossible Flight. Use this resource to consider the kinds of trade-offs that engineers need to make to meet strict design challenges and how more efficient clean energy technologies are possible.
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PBS Learning Media

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