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Monday, April 25, 2016

Solar-powered plane completes journey across Pacific Ocean Saturday April 23, 2016

Pilot Bertrand Piccard emerges from Solar Impulse 2 at Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif., on Saturday April 23, 2016, after crossing the Pacific Ocean.

The solar-powered airplane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world.

Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, at 11-45 p.m. following a 62-hour, nonstop solo flight without fuel.

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