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Pathfinder aircraft taking off - setting new solar powered altitude record
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Pathfinder aircraft taking off - setting new solar powered altitude record

NASA / AFRC · 1995-09-11 · photograph (digital archive)

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The Pathfinder solar-powered remotely piloted aircraft climbs to a record-setting altitude of 50,567 feet during a flight Sept. 11, 1995, at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.

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Pathfindersolar-poweredERASTAeroVironmenthigh-altitudeworld recordGossamer CondorAlbatrossSolar ChallengerHALSOLHigh Altitude SolarHawaii
Credit linePathfinder aircraft taking off - setting new solar powered altitude record. NASA/AFRC, 1995-09-11. Public domain. ID: EC95-43261-2.
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