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 ...

With 14 electric motors turning propellers and all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing, NASA will test the new propulsion technology using X-57 which has been nicknamed "Maxwell".

Sooner than expected, NASA has gotten back in the game with X-Planes. The program starts with the X-57, a 14-motor, all-electric, 4-seat plane nicknamed Maxwell. The U.S. Air Force gets to assign ...

Nasa has started conducting research on a X-plane with a staggering 14 motors. The X-57 – which Nasa has nicknamed 'Maxwell' – will have 14 electric motors integrated into a "uniquely designed wing".

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 ...

Thought NASA was just about space exploration? America’s favorite agency is hard at work on developing a quiet supersonic jet and electric aircraft as part of its “X-planes” series. NASA’s X-57 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nicknamed "Maxwell", the X-57 is the first X-plane that Nasa has designated in a decade, and it marks the beginning of New Aviation Horizons, a 10-year initiative that aims to kickstart the general ...