![The electric motors for X-57’s Mod II vehicle and their propellers were powered up and spun together for the first time.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/x-57_mod_ii-1.jpg?w=1024)
![X-57 principal investigator Sean Clarke flies the X-57 simulator.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/afrc2016-0357-01.jpg?w=1024)
![An aluminum section behind a nose cone inside a blue-lit wind tunnel during testing.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grc-2018-c-09843.jpg?w=1024)
X-57 Maxwell
The X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft project is part of NASA’s commitment to supporting the U.S. climate goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector by 2050. Since 2016, the project has shared lessons learned about battery technology, electromagnetic interference, motor controller design, and so much more.
project manager
Heather Maliska
Deputy Project Manager
Vince Schultz
Lead Engineer
Ethan Baumann
Principal investigator
Sean Clarke
Technical Papers
Contributions X- 57 has made to aviation researchers to date.
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X-57 Maxwell Electric Propulsion Aircraft
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