Solar Impulse has successfully crossed the Pacific Ocean to land at Moffett Federal Airfield in California.<br /><br /> The aircraft, which is fuelled entirely by the sun, set off from Hawaii on Thursday for stage nine of the trip.<br /><br /> Solar Impulse began its epic journey in Abu Dhabi in March, 2015.<br /><br /> Stage nine, a 4,000-kilometre leg of the trip comes off the back of an eight-month hiatus for repairs to its batteries.<br /><br /> Prior to that, its two pilots had taken turns to fly it across Oman, India, Myanmar, China and Japan.<br /><br /> From there, it started the five day, five night, journey to Hawaii, setting the record for the longest-ever non-stop solo aeroplane flight. <br /><br /> The pilots intend to cross the US mainland next, aiming to reach New York by the start of June, 2016, before tackling the Atlantic Ocean.
