X-57 Mod II Reassembly Begins at NASA Armstrong

NASA’s all-electric X-57 Maxwell had its Mod II wing carefully prepared for a lift to position it over the fuselage for reattachment at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. The aircraft was shipped as two parts, the fuselage and the wing.

NASA's all-electric X-57 Maxwell had its Mod II wing carefully prepared for a lift to position it over the fuselage for reattachment at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. The aircraft was shipped as two parts, the fuselage and the wing.

Photographer NASA/Ken Ulbrich
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