Following the flight over the Matterhorn on July 18—featured on the front page of the Financial Times Weekend—SolarStratos has completed another highly successful preparatory flight on the eve of August 1st. Despite less-than-ideal conditions on Thursday, July 31, 2025—particularly in terms of thermal updrafts—Raphaël Domjan took off from Sion for a 2-hour and 31-minute flight...
The PlanetSolar II expedition, which runs from 2025 to 2026 on Lake Titicaca, features a very hands-on educational component: the vessel is tracked remotely by Swiss pupils, who even got to step aboard before it set off for Peru. In Santi Terol’s 23 May 2025 Arcinfo article, you can relive teacher Christine Liebe’s journey in...
fter a month-long journey from Switzerland, PlanetSolar II has finally reached its destination. Transported last week from the port of Matarani to the shores of Lake Titicaca in Puno, the solar-powered vessel was successfully launched into the world’s highest navigable lake. The occasion was marked by a moving official ceremony, celebrating both the start of...
The opening of the first German-language exhibition was a success. The PlanetSolar Foundation’s exhibition on solar pioneers and adventurers at Primeo Energie’s Kosmos space in Münchestein (BL) was a highlight. It was both magnificent and moving, as it brought together on April 16, 2024 several figures who have worked to develop solar-powered projects: Fred To,...
The PlanetSolar Foundation wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023 ! Discover below (in french only) our Newsletter in PDF – December 2022 Newsletter December 2022 (PDF)
Derrière, l’océan Atlantique, et devant, l’immense océan Pacifique. Le navire de Race for Water, anciennement PlanetSolar (bateau du premier tour à l’énergie solaire) vient de traverser le mythique Canal de Panama, carrefour maritime qu’il avait déjà emprunté en 2011 lors de son premier tour du monde. Désormais transformé en un bateau multi énergies, après avoir...