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June 24, 2015

Solar Impulse Japan take off cancelled
Nagoya, Japan (AFP) June 23, 2015
Mission controllers trying to fly a solar plane around the world cancelled take off from Japan early Wednesday because of weather problems over the Pacific Ocean. Solar Impulse 2 had been due to leave Nagoya, central Japan, at 2.30 am (1730 GMT) bound for Hawaii, on the latest and most ambitious leg of a bid to circumnavigate the globe using only the power of the sun. But after a few agonising hours poring over meterological charts and forecasts covering the next five days and five nights during ... read more

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