The Antonov AN-225 Mriya wasn’t just an aircraft,it was a symbol of unmatched engineering ambition. Built in the 1980s by the Soviet Union to transport the massive Buran space shuttle and parts of the ...

Antonov An-225 Mriya: The World’s Largest Aircraft Was Destroyed in Failed Russian Raid In the early stages of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin mounted an ...

The Antonov An-225, originally developed specifically to transport the Buran spaceplane, was an enlargement of the successful Antonov An-124.

During the planning stage, Antonov envisioned three variants for the An-225. The first one was the An-224, which was designed for the Buran and was eventually renamed the An-225.

The original An-225 needed to be massive because it had to carry the Buran on its back. However, it also needed a large ...

Photo from Antonov The largest plane ever built held its title for nearly 40 years. Now, 35 years after it took its first flight, we look back on the iconic aircraft, the Antonov AN-225 Mriya. The ...

Photo: Igor Lesiv, aerovokzal.net Check out more images below: Antonov An-225: the largest aircraft in the world that was destroyed in the Ukraine war Produced in the late 1980s, the An-225 was ...

The Antonov An-225’s cargo bay has a total length of 142 ft, a width of 20 ft, and a height of 14 ft (43 by 6 by 4 meters) and includes an onboard crane that can lift 30 tonnes at a given time.

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over pilot Yevhen Bashynsky. Ukraine says it will rebuild the giant aircraft after it was destroyed as Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

Antonov officials say another An-225 was partially built -- but abandoned in the 1990s because of a lack of funds. The current plan is to use what they already have as the basis for a new plane.