The world's largest airplane, the Antonov An225 Mriya, was born in the Soviet Union in 1988. It measured 275 feet long and weighed nearly 420,000 pounds, designed to piggyback the USSR's Buran space ...

In the six months or so it has been raging, the war in Ukraine has forever changed our world, and its effects will probably be felt for years to come. The human and economic costs are immense, but the ...

The one and only Antonov An-225 Mriya has been confirmed to have been destroyed in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While the aircraft's level of destruction is still unknown, a video report has given us ...

The An-225 is (by some measures) the largest aircraft to fly and was one of the last major projects of the Soviet Union.

It will forever be known as the AN-225 Mriya, and for more than three decades it has been the world’s largest aircraft in terms of payload. It set some 240 world records, many of them still unbeaten, ...

Xbox Game Studios has released a new update for Microsoft Flight Simulator as they have added the Antonov An-225 Mriya Aircraft to the game. This update is tied to the ongoing digital preservation of ...

The only An-225 Mriya was destroyed during the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Antonov now wants to restore it but needs funds. As everybody knows by now, the only An-225 Mriya (NATO ...

Ukraine’s Antonov aircraft manufacturer is famous for its An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest and heaviest cargo jet. However, it also has a second, unfinished Mriya. But don’t expect to see that giant ...

Ukraine has always been famous for its scientific achievements. Ukrainian engineers have developed impressive projects. Although not all of them were implemented, the most impressive project was – the ...

The super-heavy Antonov An-225 ``Mriya'' transport, which has been converted for use as a freighter, completed the first of 10 test flights on May 7 from an airfield near Kiev, Ukraine. It is ...

Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has confirmed that the only An-225, the largest operational cargo aircraft, has been destroyed. Antonov has not confirmed it yet. There’s yet another ...