There’s a reason crowds flock to see the Soviet-built AN-225 wherever it lands. Created to carry the USSR’s space shuttle, this behemoth of the skies is still working today, and is still the ...

What happens when an aircraft is built to carry the future of Soviet space missions? The Antonov An-225, the world’s largest ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya, destroyed in the Russia-Ukraine war, may be rebuilt for around $500 million. Plans to rebuild the aircraft resurfaced after initial delays; no confirmed specifics yet.

The An-225 made its international debut in a style befitting its dimensions: by landing at the 1989 Paris Air Show with the Buran space shuttle on its back. Eight months earlier, on Nov. 15, 1988 ...

The An-225 Mriya was undergoing maintenance at Hostomel Airport on February 24, 2022, when Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As part of its hopes to capture Kyiv quickly, ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya—once the world’s largest aircraft—lies in pieces in an airport northwest of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv. Heavily damaged during fierce fighting between Russian ...

The An-225's design has its roots in the smaller but still gargantuan An-124 quad-engined airliner and military transport. Nearly every aspect of the base An-124 airframe was strengthened, ...

The six-engine Antonov AN-225 had a wingspan of 290 feet, longer than the Statue of Liberty is tall, and a length of 275 feet. It weighed 285 tonnes when empty, making it the world's largest cargo ...

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.

The AN-225 has also transported water turbines, nuclear fuel, construction vehicles, light aircraft and maglev trains. Electric generators are its most common type of cargo.

There’s a reason crowds flock to see the Soviet-built AN-225 wherever it lands. Created to carry the USSR’s space shuttle, this behemoth of the skies is still working today, and is still the ...