The emerging market for electric aircraft, including Urban Air Mobility vehicles, will feature cutting edge technology for aviation! NASA is helping to develop certification standards for these technologies through its first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell. Read More: www.NASA.gov/X57 Watch the rest of the video: https://youtu.be/Bhd9KH2Vv3A NASA Langley Research Center | NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center

How the X-57 is helping preserve Earth’s atmosphere: The X-57 Maxwell is NASA Aeronautics’s first all-electric experimental aircraft, or X-plane. Electric power is efficient and reliable, no fuel, no combustion engine! It's powered 100% by a cutting-edge distributed electric propulsion system. All-electric technology will make flying cleaner, quieter, and more sustainable. ✈️ 🌍 https://go.nasa.gov/3jYvB4y #NASAEarthling #EarthDay | NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center