NASA's futuristic X-48C hybrid wing plane takes flight

A look at NASA's X-48C, the prototype of the all-new genre of planes, the hybrid wing body aircraft. The plane is located at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, in California's Mojave Desert, and took flight for the first time today.

(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET)

NASA said today that its experimental X-48C hybrid wing airplane took flight for the first time.

A remotely-powered prototype that is housed at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert, the X-48C is thought to be the future of efficient, long-haul aviation.

At Edwards, NASA's groundbreaking planes take flight (pictures)

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