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TOPSHOT - The new experimental aircraft "Solar Impulse 2" takes off, piloted by German test pilot Markus Scherdel, for its first flight at the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland, on June 2, 2014. The aircraft, which was unveiled April 9, 2014 weighs 2.4 tons with a wingspan of 72 meters and more than 17,000 solar cells. The attempt to fly around the world in stages using only solar energy will be made in 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / LAURENT GILLIERON (Photo by LAURENT GILLIERON / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LAURENT GILLIERON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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