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Podcast: IEN Radio
Episode: NASA Unveils Electric Aircraft
Description: The latest experimental aircraft in NASA’s famed X-plane program is edging closer to its debut flight.More than 70 years after the X-1 first broke the sound barrier, the space agency last week showcased the X-57 at its research facility in California.Instead of setting new speed records, however, NASA hopes the aircraft, named “Maxwell,” will take another step toward practical electric aviation. The X-57 program began in 2015, but was generally known to the public only through artist renderings or photos of a project still deep in the development phase.In the fourth and fi...