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 ...

NASA has begun the next stage of testing for its all-electric plane, with the X-57 Maxwell another step closer to setting a potential blueprint for zero-emissions aircraft in the future. Designed to ...

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 ...

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 Langley/Advanced Concepts Lab, AMA, Inc. Electric cars are coming into their own. Every major car company in the world is researching battery-powered vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and a ...

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 ...