Science news articles about 'longest flight'

A Japanese TV crew has filmed what is believed to be the longest flight of a flying fish ever recorded, lasting for an amazing 45 seconds.

The SpaceShipTwo mother ship WhiteKnightTwo made its longest flight in a test that ended with minor tail damage.

The Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will attempt to fly from Switzerland to Morocco in coming weeks, in its longest flight to date, organisers said Wednesday.

... to Africa than to North America and within 700 miles of the Cape Verde Islands. The bird with the longest flight flew nonstop for 145 hours ...

... long duration balloon has broken the record for longest flight by a balloon of its size. The record-breaking ... closer to McMurdo Station before terminating the flight and recovering the experiment. "It has taken eight years ...