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NASA’s X-57 Maxwell Could Bring Aviation Into the Electric Future

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 ...
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NASA’s first all-electric X-57 Maxwell plane is gearing up for flight

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 ...
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Can NASA Get Its Experimental Electric Plane Off the Ground?

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 ...