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 ...

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 ...

NASA’s X-57 Maxwell, the agency’s first all-electric X-plane and first crewed X-plane in two decades, is delivered to Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California in its Mod II ...

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 ...

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 ...

120 years ago, Orville and Wilbur Wright piloted their gasoline-powered biplane for a record-breaking 12-second flight, the first successful, powered flight with a pilot aboard. Later this year, NASA ...

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’s first fully electric plane, the X-57 Maxwell, is gearing up for flight after its cruise motor controllers successfully passed critical testing. The X-57 project is part of NASA’s early efforts ...

NASA is still testing wild new wing technologies to improve energy efficiency in flight. The agency announced yesterday that it is conducting research on a unique wing design that uses 14 electric ...