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你对太阳能了解多少？它对人类有何重要意义？ On July 6，Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg made history when they completed a cross-country journey in a plane powered only by solar energy.The plane，called Solar Impulse，flew across the United States without using a single drop of fuel. Solar Impulse completed the first ever solar-powered night flight above Switzerland in 2010.In 2011，it continued its success with the first international journey by a solar-powered plane，flying from Switzerland to Belgium to France.An intercontinental flight from Europe to Africa last year set a world record in distance