View the Sun's Power
With a Solar Energy Picture

An amazing picture of a sunrise near Pecos, Texas.
















Thermal Energy
These pictures shows the heat that makes life on our planet possible.












Solar Powered Aircraft
Crews check out the Helius Prototype before it's first flight using solar power.






The Helius Prototype in flight 10,000 feet over Kauai, Hawaii.



Solar Power in Space
In 1958, Vanguard I became the first space satellite to use solar cell technology. Space programs still use photovoltaic powered systems today.

Left: Astronaut F. Story Musgrave's hand appears in the bottom left corner in the Space Shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay. During this mission, solar array panels were taken on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Below: Several more pictures of solar cell technology in space.