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Here’s how it works. In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the Helios Prototype is an enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing, which flew a series of test flights at Dryden ...

The Helios Prototype aircraft involved in the mishap was a proof-of-concept solar electric powered flying wing designed to operate at high altitudes for long duration flight.

The remote-controlled Helios Prototype aircraft took more than nine hours, lumbering at a maximum speed of 23 m.p.h., to reach the height, an aviation feat no jet or propeller airplane ever has ...

Final preparations are in progress in Hawaii for a flight of the NASA-sponsored Helios Prototype solar-electric flying wing this weekend that could set a new world’s altitude record for a non ...

AeroEnvironment’s newest drone will mirror its prior creation, the Helios Prototype. A race is on to build a fleet of solar-powered drones that beam internet down to the Earth beneath them ...

The cover image shows the first flight of the NASA/AeroVironment Helios prototype that took place on Sep. 8, 1999 from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Handling and performance were test under ...

Earth is clearly discernible. The air is so thin–only 1.4 percent of the density at sea level–it is incapable of supporting life. It is also incapable of supporting sustained horizontal flight ...

NASA spokesman Alan Brown said the Helios Prototype reached a height of about 96,500 feet when officials made the decision to bring the flying wing down. The remotely controlled Helios Prototype ...