Designed to carry Soviet-era spacecraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya was the largest plane in aviation history. The aircraft was powered by six engines, had a wingspan of 290 feet, and measured another ...

The AN-225 Mriya, meaning “dream” in Ukrainian, was a symbol of engineering excellence. Built in the 1980s by the Antonov Design Bureau, the aircraft was initially designed to transport the ...

On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we asked our Ukrainian-born journalist Anastasiya Simsek to take ...

Crowds gathered at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport viewing area Friday morning for a rare sight: the departure ...

The An-124 is the little brother of the even-more-gigantic Antonov An-225 Mriya, which was built in the 1960s and had six jet engines, but was destroyed in 2022 when Russia attacked Ukraine.

From wooden seaplanes built in the 1940s to the aircraft making space travel possible, we've taken a look at some of the ...

At 200 meters (656 ft) long, Flying Whales' LCA60T will more than double the length of the 84-m-long (276-ft) Antonov An-225 Mriya. It will fall short of some of the massive airships of the 20th ...

The An-225 Mriya was designed to carry Soviet space shuttles, but when the USSR collapsed, it was left without a mission. Now, this one-of-a-kind giant only flies when no other plane can handle ...

In Gostomel, a Ukrainian missile strike destroyed the An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest cargo plane. The successful operations of the Russian Armed Forces included the capture of the Kakhovka ...