Solar Impulse completed the Pacific Crossing!

Bertrand Piccard just pushed through the night sky, gently kissing the runway with a smooth landing at Moffett Airfield, California1. The transition from the gentle wonders of the sky to the shared elation of landing was quick. He descended from the cockpit where he had been sitting for the past 62 hours and greeted his solar brother, André Borschberg. He had been waiting for Bertrand at Moffett Airfield since Friday afternoon, making final preparations on the ground before his arrival.

“Tell the Solvay teams that without them, this project could not have continued,” wrote Bertrand Piccard in a text to Jean-Pierre Clamadieu over the week-end. The Solar Impulse crew has been known from the start of this adventure for their “can-do” attitude and their belief that the right solutions to their needs were out there. At Solvay, we are proud to have put our innovation, our reactivity and our fast, high-quality output capabilities to work for this project. Check out the latest episode of our video series about Solvay’s contribution to the Solar Impulse adventure.