NASA’s X-57 electric plane is one big step closer to takeoff

NASA has shown off its first all-electric plane prototype, with the X-57 Maxwell previewing a commuter aircraft that could one day be quieter, more efficient, and greener to operate than existing planes. It’s the US space agency’s first crewed X-plane in two decades, and its first all-electric aircraft, and though it’s not intended to go into space the longer-term implications … Continue reading