NASA Drops Electric Aircraft Project, Test Flight No Longer Planned
26 Jun 2023, 10:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA announced it is ending the X-57 Maxwell electric aircraft project in September without going for a test flight, findings to be shared with the world.
NASA's Retractable-Propeller Electric Aircraft to Start High-Voltage Testing
1 Mar 2021, 15:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / X-57 Maxwell is the name of NASA's first experimental airplane in two decades, agency trying to see how electric motors could be used on planes
Here Is NASA’s Electric Airplane Out in the Open
6 Apr 2020, 13:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's experimental X-57 Maxwell electric airplane is currently undergoing testing at the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California
NASA to Begin Testing Electric-Powered Aircraft with Retractable Propellers
4 Oct 2019, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The X-57 Maxwell uses 60-kilowatt motors that are much lighter than the source plane’s original engines, ground tests coming