Airbus' ultra-long-range aircraft sets a Guinness World Record after flying more than 23,000 kilometers, marking a major milestone for Qantas' Project Sunrise. Airbus has announced that the A350-1000ULR developed for Qantas Airways has earned a Guinness World Record for the longest flight by distance by a commercial airliner.

Former International Space Station commander Colonel Terry Virts and British pilot Captain Hamish Harding took off from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida on what they hope will be an historic, world record-breaking flight around the world.