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May 24, 2012: Solar Impulse project CEO and pilot Andre Borschberg gets ready to take off at Payerne airport in Switzerland. The Solar Impulse HB-SIA prototype aircraft, which has 12,000 solar cells built into its 193-foot wings, attempted its first intercontinental flight from Payerne to Rabat, Morocco. (DENIS BALIBOUSE / REUTERS)
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