Solar Impulse 2 landed in Honolulu, Hawaii ending its 8th record breaking leg on July 3, 2015; due to damaged batteries the aircraft had to be grounded until the damage was analyzed and repaired.
On April 21, 2016 leg 9 started with Bertrand Piccard crossing the Pacific Ocean heading towards San Francisco, California; he landed on April 24 after covering 4,086 km in 2 days 14 hours and 29 minutes.
Leg 10 started May 2nd with Andre Borscheerg on the controls heading towards Phoenix, Arizona.
