Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Physical Science, Spanish, Flight and Aeronautics
Type
Bookmarks
X-57 Bookmark
Download and print the X-57 bookmark. NASA’s X-57 Maxwell is an experimental aircraft designed to test operating multiple electric motors for use in turning propellers—an idea known as “distributed electric propulsion.” The goal is to demonstrate an all-electric airplane that is more efficient, quieter and more environmentally friendly.