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An elementary student enrolled in the U.S. Department of Defense Starbase program at Edwards Air Force Base “flew” the X-57 Maxwell inside NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s simulator lab on Sept. 16th 2019.
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California opened its doors to 28 students from Hacienda Elementary School on Sept. 16. The California students are enrolled in the U.S. Department of Defense Starbase program, which focuses on elementary students, primarily fifth-graders, to motivate them to explore science, technology, engineering and math. The group toured Armstrong, viewed an aircraft hangar and “flew” aircraft in the simulation lab. Students sat in simulated cockpits of the F-18 and X-57 Maxwell. The X-57 Maxwell simulator in the above photo represents what it would be like to fly NASA’s first all-electric X-plane.
September 16, 2016
NASA Photo / Lauren Hughes