NASA is preparing to test experimental propulsion technology with a new zero-emission airplane officially designated X-57 (but affectionately nicknamed Maxwell). The aircraft’s 14 electric motors turn ...

Back in February, NASA announced that it intends to bring back the X-planes, a series of experimental aircraft designed to test out new technologies that dates back to the first plane to break the ...

There's been a lot of focus on electric cars over the past few years, but roadways aren't the only place companies and organizations are putting effort into. Over at NASA, researchers are testing a ...

As electric cars roll out across the world – nixing the need to pay soaring fuel prices - NASA is looking to the skies, unveiling the X-57, or “Maxwell”. Maxwell, a single-seater plane that bears a ...

NASA's all-electric aircraft is one step closer to taking its wings to the skies after conducting successful thermal testing of its cruise motor controllers, according to the space agency's recent ...

Image: NASA Langley/Advanced Concepts Lab, AMA, Inc. Graphics: Vicky Leta NASA’s X-57 Maxwell team is a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for designing a fully electric propulsion aircraft and ...

NASA has just pulled back the curtains on its very first all-electric airplane X-57 Maxwell. NASA’s main intent for building the X-57 is to help push forward certification standards for the ...

This artist’s concept of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell aircraft shows the plane’s specially designed wing and 14 electric motors. (Credit: NASA Langley / Advanced Concepts Lab / AMA Inc.) NASA says it has ...