Public domain
ED03-0152-4
From the collection of NASA Image and Video Library. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The first flight of a large aircraft to be powered by electric fuel cells began with a takeoff at 8:43 a.m. HST today from the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The Helios Prototype flying wing, built by AeroVironment, Inc., of Monrovia, Calif., as part of NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) program, used solar panels to power its 10 electric motors for takeoff and during daylight portions of its planned 20-hour shakedown flight.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineED03-0152-4. NASA/AFRC, 2003-06-07. Public domain. ID: ED03-0152-4.
